Lexic.us

Definition of Go by

1. Verb. Pass by. "Three years elapsed"

2. Verb. Move past. "These cars won't go by "; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"

3. Verb. Be called; go by a certain name. "She goes by her maiden name again"

4. Verb. Be or act in accordance with. "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"

Definition of Go by

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To pass or go past without much interaction ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) to be called, to use as a name ¹

3. Verb. To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go By

go awry go back go back on go bad go ballistic go bananas go bankrupt go begging go belly-up go blue

go board go bonkers go by (current term) go by the board go by the wayside go chase yourself go commando go crazy go deep go down like a lead balloon

go down that road go down the pan go down the road go down the toilet go down the tubes

Literary usage of Go by

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... i, 5 Many other passages from the same play are there produced. In another drama also we find : But if I were as vou, 1'de cry " go by, Jerónimo, ao by. ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"Her consternation, on receiving my good wishes, was in consequence of her having let the opportunity of dipping go by for that year, it being past twelve ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"... TIMES go by TURNS. The lopped tree in time may grow again ; Most naked plants renew both fruit and flower ; The sorest wight may find release of pain, ..."

4. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"go by, JERÓNIMO. An expression made almost proverbial, by the ridicule of ... In another drama also we find : But if I were ai you, I'de cry " go by, ..."

5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with A Journal of a Tour to the by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson (1888)
"But errour is dangerous indeed, if you err when you choose a religion for yourself." MRS. KNOWLES. " Must we then go by ..."

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