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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:

1. move by very quicklyplay

  Familiarity information: WHISK BY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHISK BY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Move by very quickly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

fly by; whisk by; zip by

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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