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WHISK BY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whisk by mean?
• WHISK BY (verb)
The verb WHISK BY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: WHISK BY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move by very quickly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
Hypernyms (to "whisk by" is one way to...):
go by; go past; pass; pass by; surpass; travel by (move past)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
They want to whisk by the doors
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