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pass by

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three years elapsed

↑elapse, ↑lapse, ↑pass, ↑glide by, ↑slip away, ↑go by, ↑slide by, ↑go along

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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

ˌslip ˈby [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they slip by he/she/it slips by present participle slipping by past tense slipped by past participle slipped by] phrasal verb

if time or an opportunity slips by, it passes and you fail to use it or to gain an advantage from it

Thesaurus: passing of time_synonym

Main entry: slip