fly the nest in English

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

Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> the nest}} fly the nest (third-person singular simple present flies the nest, present participle flying the nest, simple past flew the nest, past participle flown the nest)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies the nest",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "flying the nest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew the nest",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown the nest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave one's parents or childhood guardians and begin an independent life as an adult."
      ],
      "id": "en-fly_the_nest-en-verb-iTjWCTxo",
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ],
        [
          "childhood",
          "childhood"
        ],
        [
          "guardian",
          "guardian"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "fly the coop"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "leave the nest"
        },
        {
          "word": "leave home"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly the nest"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "flies the nest",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flying the nest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flew the nest",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown the nest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fly<,,flew,flown> the nest"
      },
      "expansion": "fly the nest (third-person singular simple present flies the nest, present participle flying the nest, simple past flew the nest, past participle flown the nest)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave one's parents or childhood guardians and begin an independent life as an adult."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parent",
          "parent"
        ],
        [
          "childhood",
          "childhood"
        ],
        [
          "guardian",
          "guardian"
        ],
        [
          "adult",
          "adult"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "leave the nest"
        },
        {
          "word": "leave home"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fly the nest"
}

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"fly the nest" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms