"fly with leaden wings" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flies with leaden wings [present, singular, third-person], flying with leaden wings [participle, present], flew with leaden wings [past], flown with leaden wings [participle, past]
Etymology: See with leaden wings. Etymology templates: {{m|en|with leaden wings}} with leaden wings Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> with leaden wings}} fly with leaden wings (third-person singular simple present flies with leaden wings, present participle flying with leaden wings, simple past flew with leaden wings, past participle flown with leaden wings)
  1. (obsolete, of time, poetic) To pass slowly. Tags: obsolete, poetic Related terms: with leaden wings, go over like a lead balloon
    Sense id: en-fly_with_leaden_wings-en-verb-FarAuZb2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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