fly out of the traps in English

Forms: flies out of the traps [present, singular, third-person], flying out of the traps [participle, present], flew out of the traps [past], flown out of the traps [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: In reference to the start of a greyhound race. Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> out of the traps}} fly out of the traps (third-person singular simple present flies out of the traps, present participle flying out of the traps, simple past flew out of the traps, past participle flown out of the traps)

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "In reference to the start of a greyhound race.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies out of the traps",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flying out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "fly<,,flew,flown> out of the traps"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:",
          "text": "The hosts flew out of the traps and with Scott Parker and Mark Noble working beautifully together in tandem in the centre of their midfield they began to exert serious pressure on Foster's goal.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start quickly."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to start quickly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly out of the traps"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "In reference to the start of a greyhound race.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flying out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown out of the traps",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fly<,,flew,flown> out of the traps"
      },
      "expansion": "fly out of the traps (third-person singular simple present flies out of the traps, present participle flying out of the traps, simple past flew out of the traps, past participle flown out of the traps)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:",
          "text": "The hosts flew out of the traps and with Scott Parker and Mark Noble working beautifully together in tandem in the centre of their midfield they began to exert serious pressure on Foster's goal.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start quickly."
      ],
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          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to start quickly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly out of the traps"
}

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"fly out of the traps" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms