verb
- Pass by.
- usage: "three years elapsed"
- Move past.
- usage: "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"
- Be called; go by a certain name.
- usage: "She goes by her maiden name again"
- synonyms: go under
- Be or act in accordance with.
- usage: "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
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