fly off the shelves

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Verb

fly off the shelves (third-person singular simple present flies off the shelves, present participle flying off the shelves, simple past flew off the shelves, past participle flown off the shelves)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, of a product) To be sold in large quantities, very rapidly.

See also

• sell like hot cakes