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Verb go by has 4 senses
- elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along - pass by; "three years elapsed"
--1 is one way to advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass - 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"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- go by, go under - be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- go by - be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
--4 is one way to follow, conform to
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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