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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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