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flew

[floo]

verb

  1. a simple past tense of fly.



flew

1

/ fluː /

verb

  1. the past tense of fly 1

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

flew

2

/ fluː /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of flue 3

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Last month, he and Hall flew to visit the Houston offices of Industrial Tent Systems, a family-owned company that specializes in quickly building temporary structures.

From Salon

Once she arrived, she marched into Ali’s hotel room, turned over several tables and chairs, marched back to the airport and flew home.

Gen. Rob Bonta said the latest funding reduction — which the states were notified of over the weekend — flew in the face of last week’s ruling.

The messages indicated that she flew out to the Netherlands in late June and prepared the first shipment of drugs for transportation alongside him.

From BBC

“We heard a big bang and the doors flew open and then everyone rushed out,” a survivor named Paula told local TV.

From Salon

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