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flies by

flies by is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fly by.

Meaning of fly by

Verb

fly by (third-person singular simple present flies by, present participle flying by, simple past flew by, past participle flown by)

  1. (idiomatic) To pass or go past quickly, often without much interaction
    • I like to sit and watch the world fly by.
    Synonyms:
    go by, pass by, forpass, forthglide, overgo, pass, roll on, slip by, transpass
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fly, by.

Questions about flies by

What is flies by the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flies by is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fly by.

Words near flies by in the dictionary

  1. flies a kite
  2. flies apart
  3. flies at
  4. flies baker
  5. flies blind
  6. flies by
  7. flies by the seat of one's pants
  8. flies high
  9. flies in
  10. flies in the buttermilk
  11. flies in the face of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flies by (page history and authors); fly by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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