"zip past" is a correct and common phrase that is usable in written English.
It means to move quickly or swiftly past something or someone. Example: The cars on the highway zipped past us as we stood on the side of the road.
And why does the life of an African killifish zip past in a matter of months?
Today, some believe that the foremost threat comes from a technology that allows viewers to zip past ads (the Dish network's Hopper technology, for one).
This time, a different spacecraft, Stardust, will zip past at more than 24,000 miles per hour, taking 72 high-resolution pictures of the comet's surface.
Every now and then another group of runners, all one behind the other, will cross the path or zip past on a parallel trail.
Squaring around, he let four straight pitches from Chan Ho Park zip past, fouled off another to send the count full and, with the sacrifice sign taken off, proceeded to swing away.
They zip past, one after another, no questions asked, an unusually easy welcome into the United States where inspectors are known to grill citizens about their travels before allowing them through.
As I waited for yellow taxis to zip past, I looked around and smiled to myself at all the Black Friday sale signs in display windows -- from department store chains to a small secondhand shop, all trying to cash in on this growing shopping trend.
In 1987, buses and cars with at least three occupants in the San Bernardino Freeway diamond lane were able to zip past traffic.
The replacement of Route 66 with a four-lane superhighway that allowed motorists to zip past rather than wander through ultimately allowed Glenrio to decline.
