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Meanings of slide by in English

Portuguese
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Spanish
seguir

Pass by.

      ir
      Usage of slide by in English
      1
      So the years slide by into decades and still Galway wait on.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Analysts expect prices to slide by another 10 percent by early next year.
      Reuters
      3
      I let the obligatory 10 working days slide by and then emailed Comreg.
      Independent.ie
      4
      It was never his nature to let an opportunity slide by.
      Ruthless
      5
      China saw investment banking fees slide by a quarter in 2011.
      Reuters
      6
      It would strike or slide by in just over a month.
      Nemesis
      7
      Valerie watched the faceless gray city slide by under her feet.
      Shades of gray
      8
      Sometimes separate worlds slide by each other so quietly you mightn't even notice.
      The Irish Times
      9
      He leaned over the rail, watching the waves slide by beneath the keel.
      Doom of the Dragon
      10
      After thirty years of deflecting my mother, questions about women slide by me.
      The Silver Pigs
      11
      Sometimes he lay watching police cruisers slide by like hunting dogs.
      IT
      12
      This issue is too important to the country to be let slide by default.
      The Irish Times
      13
      He said, This another fashion trend I've let slide by?
      Lit: a memoir
      14
      Morelli was too good a cop to let it slide by and be forgotten.
      Three to get deadly and four to score
      15
      He should know better, you think as you slide by.
      BBC
      16
      I decided I had to let his criticisms slide by.
      An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
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      Translations for slide by
      Portuguese
      ir
      Slide by through the time
      Slide by across language varieties
      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Less common