fly by

1. 1.

   pass by while flying

   “An enemy plane flew by”

   Broadertravel by
2. 2.

   move by very quickly

   Synonymszip bywhisk by

   Broadertravel by

Questions about fly by

What does fly by mean?

fly by means "pass by while flying". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fly by?

Close synonyms include zip by, whisk by. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fly by a common word?

fly by is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.