"fly out of the traps" meaning in English

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Verb

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]
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)
  1. (idiomatic) to start quickly. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fly_out_of_the_traps-en-verb-FFZ9QBEE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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  "etymology_text": "In reference to the start of a greyhound race.",
  "forms": [
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    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "flown out of the traps",
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      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
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        "to start quickly."
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      "id": "en-fly_out_of_the_traps-en-verb-FFZ9QBEE",
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        "(idiomatic) to start quickly."
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      "tags": [
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    {
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    {
      "form": "flew out of the traps",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "flown out of the traps",
      "tags": [
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        "1": "fly<,,flew,flown> out of the traps"
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          "ref": "2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC",
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        "to start quickly."
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        "(idiomatic) to start quickly."
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