go by
1. pass by (Freq. 6) - 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: - Something ----s - Something is ----ing PP 2. move past (Freq. 6) - 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 • 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: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 3. be called; go by a certain name (Freq. 1) - She goes by her maiden name again • Syn: go under • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 4. be or act in accordance with - Go by this rule and you'll be safe • Hypernyms: follow, conform to • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something
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