Synonyms for go by
go by

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1. elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go alongverb

   pass by

   "three years elapsed"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, draw, evanesce, continue, occur, die, sneak off, snuff it, excrete, turn over, go, spend, fall back, recidivate, fade, hand, legislate, happen, egest, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, slip away, drop dead, overstep, transcend, make it, authorize, sneak out, regress, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, pass off, give-up the ghost, return, blow over, take place, play along, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, go under, come about, keep, choke, pop off, go across, overtake, glide by, sneak away, extend, decease, fall, pass, proceed, pass by, clear, exit, conk, travel by, buy the farm, relapse, pass along, steal away, retrogress, slide by, go along, surpass, guide, backslide, pass on

2. travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, passverb

   move past

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   run, perish, elapse, go past, make pass, lead, top, put across, draw, evanesce, occur, die, outmatch, snuff it, excrete, turn over, pass away, outstrip, spend, slide by, go, hand, outperform, legislate, happen, egest, exceed, return, slip away, drop dead, overstep, surmount, transcend, make it, authorize, pop off, fleet, outdo, stand out, devolve, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, croak, lapse, fade, pass off, give-up the ghost, blow over, take place, expire, overhaul, go through, reach, communicate, go under, come about, choke, pass by, go across, overtake, glide by, extend, decease, excel, fall, pass, clear, exit, conk, travel by, buy the farm, pass along, authorise, go along, surpass, guide, outgo, pass on

3. go by, go underverb

   be called; go by a certain name

   "She goes by her maiden name again"

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

4. go byverb

   be or act in accordance with

   "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"

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

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1. go by

   Synonyms:
   pass near

2. go by

   Synonyms:
   pass beyond

3. go by

   Synonyms:
   act by, act according to, act in obedience to

4. go bynoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] passing by, neglect to notice

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