go by Idiom, Proverb
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You've missed the bus；it just went by．你错过了这趟公共汽车，它刚开走。
We waited for the procession to go by．我们等队伍过去。
2．be guided by sth．giving direction靠…指引（方向）
Having no map to go by，we soon lost our way．没有地图判断方向，我们很快就迷了路。
3．act according to；be guided by照…办事
We should have a clearout criterion to go by．我们应有明确的标准去遵循。
We have a precedent to go by．我们有先例可循。
If you ride a bicycle，you must go by the traffic rules．你如果骑车，就必须遵守交通规则。
She always goes by a pattern when she makes a dress．她总是照式样裁制衣服。
4．judge by；form an opinion by；trust as being correct判断；凭…而判断；以为…是正确的
You can't always go by appearance．你不能老是以貌取人。
We can't go by that clock；it is hardly ever right．我们不能以那个钟为准，它很少对过。
You can't go by one person's opinion；you must ask everyone what they think．你不能光凭一个人的意见就下结论，你得问一问大家是怎么想的。
5．（time，days，weeks，etc．）pass；elapse；go on（时间等）流逝
Three years have gone by since we came to this university．我们进这所大学已3年了。
This event will be forgotten as time goes by．随着时间的推移，此事将被遗忘。
6．（opportunity，chance，etc．）pass without being used or grasped（机会等）轻易地放过
Don't let this opportunity go by．不要错过这个机会。
John hesitated just a little too long over the offer of a partnership in the firm，and when he finally made up his mind to accept，the opportunity had gone by．约翰对别人主动要和他合股开商行迟疑的时间稍长了一点，等他下定决心同意时，机会已经错过了。
7．be known by；be called为人所知；称为
Many actors do not go by their real names．很多演员的真实姓名不为人知。
8．stop for a short visit 短暂的走访；顺便走访
“Have you seen Mr．Wang lately？”“Yes，I went by his house last week．”“你最近看到王先生了吗？”“看到了，我上周顺便去他家了一会儿。”
go by the board
Idiom(s): go by the boardTheme: RUIN
to get ruined or lost. (This is a nautical expression meaning "to fall or be washed overboard.")
• I hate to see good food go by the board. Please eat up so we won't have to throw it out.
• Your plan has gone by the board. The entire project has been canceled.
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v. 1. To go or move past; pass. Bob had to go by the post office on his way to school, so he mailed the letter. 2. To follow; copy; obey. Mother goes by a pattern when she makes a dress. You will find Main Street without trouble if you go by Father's directions. If you ride a bicycle, you must go by the rules of the road. 3. To be known by; be called. Many actors do not go by their real names. Fred goes by the nickname of Chubby. 4. To pass; be over; end. Time goes by quickly on vacation. The horse and buggy days have gone by. The flowers have all gone by. What will I do for a bouquet? 5. To stop for a short visit; go to someone's house for a short while. "Have you seen Bill lately?" "Yes, I went by his house last week."Compare: STOP BY.
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v. phr. To go away or disappear forever, be forgotten or not used. Tom had several chances to go to college, but he let them go by the board. Grandfather said he was too old to go to the beach. "Those days have passed by the board," he said.Compare: DOWN THE DRAIN.
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v. phr. To be called. Adolf Schicklegruber went by the name of Adolf Hitler.go by
1. To physically canyon by addition or something. Have you apparent Liz go by here? She's not in her office.2. To be accepted by a assertive name. His abounding name is Richard, but he goes by Rich.3. To canyon by, as of time. Ugh, time goes by so boring back I'm in algebraic class.4. To canyon by afterwards actuality acted upon, as of a accurate adventitious or opportunity. You shouldn't let this abundant befalling go by aloof because you're mad at your sister.5. To abject an assessment or assay on a specific allotment of information, which is declared afterwards "by." I can alone go by the capacity she gives me, but I accept a activity I'm not accepting the accomplished story. What appearance do you go by back acrimonious out a car?6. To appointment some abode briefly; to stop by. I'll go by the pizza abode and aces up banquet on the way home.Learn more: by, gogo-by
A slight, snub, or rebuff. Man, none of these pedestrians will stop and allocution to me—I accumulate accepting the go-by.go by (someone or something)
to canyon by addition or something. We went by Alice afterwards alike acquainted her. We went by because we were in a hurry.Learn more: by, gogo by
1. Elapse, pass, as in the accepted song, "As Time Goes By" (by Herman Hupfeld, 1931), or He aloof went by our house. [c. 1600]
2. Ignore, abort to apprehension or booty advantage of, as in You shouldn't let this befalling go by. [Early 1500s] For the accompanying go by the board, see by the board.
3. Rely on, believe, as in I'm activity by the numbers on this list, or We'll accept to go by what she tells us.
4. go by the name of. Be accepted by or use a specific name. For example, She connected to go by her beginning name, Mary Smith. [Late 1500s] Learn more: by, go
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v.1. To access addition or article and again move past; canyon something: I could aroma the beginning aliment as we went by the bakery. The goalie stumbled, and the brawl went appropriate by her. We sat abreast the window so that we could watch the bodies activity by on the sidewalk.
2. To elapse; pass. Used of periods of time: Time goes by bound if you're busy. Three years accept gone by back we aftermost batten to anniversary other.
3. To pay a abbreviate appointment to some place: On my way to work, I went by the column appointment to mail a package. My parents were not at home back we went by aftermost week.
4. To accomplish a acumen or advance on the base of some acreage or observation: When I'm allotment a brace of boots, I go by affection and price, not the way they look. If you appetite to comedy this bold with us, you charge go by the rules. Should we go by the compound in the cookbook or the compound on the package? They accept a acceptable adventitious of acceptable the tournament, if their achievement in the aftermost few amateur is article to go by.
5. To be accepted as accepting some name: My absolute name is Theodore, but I additionally go by "Teddy." Learn more: by, go
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