flown

Definition

  • adjective: filled to excess
  • past participle of 'fly'
  • synonyms: gon

Examples

  • All their children have 'flown the coop'. [=have moved away from home]

  • Her books are filled with abstract ideas and 'high-flown' language.

  • In the morning the suspect had 'flown the coop'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I'll fool myself she'll walk right in And be with me for evermore I rage against the trials of love I curse the fading of the light Though she's already flown So far beyond my reach She's never out of sight Now I know she'll never leave me Even as she fades from view She will still inspire me (..)
    2017 Beauty and the Beast
  • (..) I'll fool myself she'll walk right in And be with me for evermore I rage against the trials of love I curse the fading of the light Though she's already flown So far beyond my reach She's never out of sight Now I know she'll never leave me Even as she fades from view (..)
    2017 Beauty and the Beast