slide by

Questions about slide by

What does slide by mean?

slide by means "pass by".

What is another word for slide by?

Close synonyms include elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide 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 slide by a common word?

slide 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.