Definitions for: Go By


[v] be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
[v] be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again"
[v] pass by; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
[v] pass by, as of time



Webster (1913) Definition: Go"-by`, n.
A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting
away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the
go-by.

Some songs to which we have given the go-by. --Prof.
Wilson.

Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, go past, go under, lapse, pass, pass by, slide by, slip away, slip by, surpass, travel by

See Also: advance, conform to, fell, fly, fly by, follow, go, go on, locomote, march on, move, move on, pass on, progress, run by, skirt, travel, vanish, whisk by, zip by

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