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  • a variation of flue.
  • past tense form of fly.

flew

American  
[floo] / flu /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of fly.


flew 1 British  
/ 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 British  
/ 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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Forced out for the last time, Batista flew to Jacksonville and unsuccessfully requested asylum in the U.S.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Two ravens circled overhead, then flew Northwest, and on a whim I followed them.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

It just flew past us on all the straights, more often than not.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Bolsonaro boarded the Gulfstream, flight LV-JQW, which flew to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to refuel on its way to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

When we were the dynamic duo of Jilly Bean and Jessa Jean, my cousin’s visits flew by so quickly.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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