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to slip by
01
(of a period of time) to pass quickly or unnoticed
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
by
Base verb
slip
Present tense
slip by
3rd person singular
slips by
Present participle
slipping by
Past simple
slipped by
Past participle
slipped by
Examples
The hours slipped by as she immersed herself in her work.
