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Synonyms & Antonyms of flew
- the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly
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- you must fly to safety immediately
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Words Related to flew
- decamped,
- departed,
- eloped,
- exited,
- left,
- moved,
- pulled out,
- quit
- (also quitted),
- sallied (forth),
- shoved (off),
- took off,
- walked out,
- went
- brought off,
- emancipated,
- enfranchised,
- freed,
- liberated,
- loosed,
- loosened,
- manumitted,
- redeemed,
- released,
- rescued,
- sprang
- (or sprung),
- unbound,
- uncaged,
- unchained,
- unfettered
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Near Antonyms for flew
- flew down the concourse to catch his flight
Synonyms for flew
- barreled
- (or barrelled),
- belted,
- blasted,
- blazed,
- blew,
- bolted,
- bombed
- [slang],
- bowled,
- breezed,
- bundled,
- bustled,
- buzzed,
- cannonballed,
- careened,
- careered,
- chased,
- coursed,
- cracked (on),
- dashed,
- drove,
- hared,
- hastened,
- hied,
- highballed,
- hotfooted (it),
- humped,
- hurled,
- hurried,
- hurtled,
- hustled,
- jetted,
- jumped,
- motored,
- nipped,
- pelted,
- raced,
- rammed,
- ran
- (also chiefly dialectal run),
- ripped,
- rocketed,
- rushed,
- rustled,
- scooted,
- scurried,
- scuttled,
- shot,
- sped
- (or speeded),
- stepped,
- tore,
- traveled
- (or travelled),
- trotted,
- whirled,
- whisked,
- zipped,
- zoomed
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Antonyms for flew
- no one in the movies ever thinks to fly from the ax murderer and immediately call the police
Synonyms for flew
- bolted,
- broke,
- bugged out,
- fled,
- hightailed (it),
- ran
- (also chiefly dialectal run),
- ran away,
- ran off,
- retreated,
- skedaddled
Words Related to flew
- absconded,
- cleared out,
- decamped,
- eloped,
- escaped,
- got (away),
- got out,
- lammed,
- lit
- (or lighted out),
- made off,
- mizzled
- [chiefly British],
- scarpered
- [British],
- scatted,
- scrammed,
- skipped (out),
- skirred
Phrases Synonymous with flew
Near Antonyms for flew
- the morning mist had flown, and a sparkling sea lay before us
Synonyms for flew
- dematerialized,
- disappeared,
- dissolved,
- evanesced,
- evaporated,
- faded,
- fled,
- melted,
- sank
- (or sunk),
- vanished
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Antonyms for flew
- the familiar "Because I said so!" is a reason that won't fly with most teenagers
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Words Related to flew
- got through,
- played,
- took,
- went down,
- went over,
- went through,
- worked
- (or wrought)
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