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ZIP BY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zip by mean? 

ZIP BY (verb)
  The verb ZIP BY has 1 sense:

1. move by very quicklyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ZIP 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 "zip 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:

These cars won't zip by


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