GO BY

• (verb) be or act in accordance with

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

• (verb) be called; go by a certain name

  "She goes by her maiden name again"

  synonyms : go under

• (verb) 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 : go past , pass , pass by , surpass , travel by

• (verb) pass by

  "three years elapsed"

  synonyms : elapse , glide by , go along , lapse , pass , slide by , slip away , slip by

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