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SLIP BY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slip by mean? 

SLIP BY (verb)
  The verb SLIP BY has 1 sense:

1. pass byplay

  Familiarity information: SLIP BY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLIP BY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass by

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

elapse; glide by; go along; go by; lapse; pass; slide by; slip away; slip by

Context example:

three years elapsed

Hypernyms (to "slip by" is one way to...):

advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "slip by"):

fell; fly; vanish (pass away rapidly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP


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