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zip past

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zip past someone or something
to run or move past someone or something very rapidly. The deer zipped past the hunter, who stood there, startled. The cars zipped past the intersection.
See also: past, zip


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Wolves managed to get to the break without any more damage, but just ten minutes into the second half, Chelsea made it a four-star performance when the hapless Hennessey allowed Joe Cole's 20-yard drive to zip past him.
The American, who complained of fatigue and thigh pains upon arriving in Korea, overcame a mediocre start to zip past Jamaica's Powell.
Burgasser, associate professor of physics at MIT and lead author of the study, was intrigued by the fast motions of ultracool subdwarfs, which zip past the Sun at astonishing speeds.
 
 
 
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