Meaning & use

Flied

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In baseball, hit a fly ball that was caught for an out (used as 'flied out').

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He flied out to center field to end the inning.

The rookie flied out twice before finally getting a hit in the ninth.

A note on using this word

An irregular baseball-specific past tense; players who hit a fly ball are said to have 'flied out', not 'flew out'.

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popped out

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