Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To slide over or by; pass by.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To slide over or by.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
slide over or past.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + slide
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Examples
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First, Cards shortstop Brendan Ryan lost a triple when third-base ump Tim McClelland ruled, incorrectly television replays showed, an overslide.
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In a sliding mechanism there is less space freed up for third row passengers to get proper footing on the way out compared to a tumble-fold mechanism so there is a short overslide where you can slide it little extra towards the front to help the third row passengers get out.
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