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SLIP BY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass byplay

Example:

three years elapsed

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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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