pass by
phrasal verbpass by (somebody/something)
- to go past
- The procession passed right by my front door.
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pass somebody/something by
- to happen without affecting somebody/something
- She feels that life is passing her by (= that she is not enjoying the opportunities and pleasures of life).
- The whole business passed him by (= he was hardly aware that it was happening).