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"time passes by so quickly" vs "time goes past so fast"

In this example, "time passes by so quickly" is correct. The word "past" most commonly means "beyond," as in "Don't go past the house," or "long ago," as in "Let's not speak of that; it's in the past."

Last Updated: December 10, 2017

This is a common sentiment. (If you have children, people might say, "The days are long and the years are short."

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Some examples from our editors:

  • Time passes by so quickly; I can't believe that you are thirty.
  • Time passes by so quickly that I can't even keep track of what is going on.

Some alternatives from our editors:

  • time goes by very quickly
  • time passes very quickly

time goes past so fast

This is not correct. Don't use this phrase.

It would be much more idiomatic to say "time passes so quickly."

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  • time passes so quickly

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