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Meanings of slip by in English

Portuguese
ir
Spanish
seguir

Pass by.

ir
Usage of slip by in English
1
The Houston story is too good to let it slip by undocumented.
The Irish Times
2
They cross the Channel in their fishing-boats and slip by the warships.
The Coming Conquest of England
3
I saw one slip by in the field, close to the road.
Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
4
West Point would frown on him for letting that one slip by.
Secret Sanction
5
We watch the shoreline slip by as we near the harbor entrance.
A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
6
The case is too big for you to let it slip by.
The Poisoned Pen
7
So he let the time slip by and remained where he was.
Dio's Rome, Volume 4 / An Historical Narrative Originally Compos...
8
It seemed impossible for Vixa and the dwarf to slip by unseen.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
9
You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by.
Courage
10
He would have to await his chance to slip by the rangers.
The Rules of the Game
11
It is always a pity to let these rare opportunities slip by.
Idle Ideas in 1905
12
Prior was caught at first slip by captain Graeme Smith off Philander.
Reuters
13
He was not the man to let time slip by him unimproved.
The Famous Missions of California
14
These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 / A Magazin...
15
I tried to slip by, but he recognized me instantly, and spoke.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
16
We weren't infallible but we didn't often let a clue slip by.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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Translations for slip by
Portuguese
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Slip by through the time
Slip by across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common