"fly without a licence" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flies without a licence [present, singular, third-person], flying without a licence [participle, present], flew without a licence [past], flown without a licence [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> without a licence|3=}} fly without a licence (third-person singular simple present flies without a licence, present participle flying without a licence, simple past flew without a licence, past participle flown without a licence)
  1. (informal, humorous, mostly used in continuous tenses) To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone. Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-fly_without_a_licence-en-verb-BB7Tc9qc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, without, a, license. Related terms: fly low
    Sense id: en-fly_without_a_licence-en-verb-oMH-3J~V

Inflected forms

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    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "flew without a licence",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flown without a licence",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "_dis": "81 19",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "How embarrassing. I didn't notice that I was flying without a licence.",
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        "To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone."
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        "(informal, humorous, mostly used in continuous tenses) To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone."
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        "humorous",
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        ],
        [
          "license",
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        ]
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        }
      ]
    }
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      "form": "flew without a licence",
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      ]
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      "form": "flown without a licence",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "(informal, humorous, mostly used in continuous tenses) To inadvertently have one's flies (trouser opening) undone."
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