go by

verb

1. pass by (Freq. 6)

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three years elapsed

• Syn:

↑elapse, ↑lapse, ↑pass, ↑slip by, ↑glide by, ↑slip away, ↑slide by, ↑go along

• Derivationally related forms: ↑lapse (for: ↑lapse)

• Hypernyms: ↑advance, ↑progress, ↑pass on, ↑move on, ↑march on, ↑go on

• Hyponyms: ↑fly, ↑fell, ↑vanish

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

2. move past (Freq. 6)

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A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window

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He passed his professor in the hall

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One line of soldiers surpassed the other

• Syn: ↑travel by, ↑pass by, ↑surpass, ↑go past, ↑pass

• Derivationally related forms: ↑passer (for: ↑pass)

• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote

• Hyponyms: ↑skirt, ↑run by, ↑fly by, ↑zip by, ↑whisk by

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

3. be called; go by a certain name (Freq. 1)

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She goes by her maiden name again

• Syn: ↑go under

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

4. be or act in accordance with

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Go by this rule and you'll be safe

• Hypernyms: ↑follow, ↑conform to

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

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go by [phrasal verb]

1 of time : to pass

The morning seemed to go by very quickly/slowly.

Many years have gone by since the last time I saw her.

They have many happy memories of days gone by. [=bygone days, days/times in the past]

2 go by (something)

2 a : to be guided or directed by (something, such as a rule)

That's a good rule to go by.

2 b : to form an opinion from (something)

She may be guilty but we have very little evidence to go by.

You can't always go by appearances. [=you can't always judge people or things by the way they look]

3 go by (a name) : to be known by (a name)

His name is Edwin but he goes by Ed. [=people call him Ed]

4 go by or go by (somewhere) : to go somewhere in order to visit someone

I went by (her house) to see her after school.

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Main Entry: ↑go

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ˌgo ˈby derived

(of time) to pass

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Things will get easier

as time goes by

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The weeks went slowly by.

Main entry: ↑go_derived