"fly by" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fly by.ogg [Australia] Forms: flies by [present, singular, third-person], flying by [participle, present], flew by [past], flown by [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fly<,,flew,flown> by}} fly by (third-person singular simple present flies by, present participle flying by, simple past flew by, past participle flown by)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, by.
    Sense id: en-fly_by-en-verb-0k8RbsPt
  2. (idiomatic) To pass or go past quickly, often without much interaction Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: forthglide, go by, pass by, pass by
    Sense id: en-fly_by-en-verb-v~7DTWau Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (by) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (by): 21 79

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fly by meaning in English (1.8kB)

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