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Definition of go by phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

go by

phrasal verb
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go by
  1. (of time) to pass
    • Things will get easier as time goes by.
    • The weeks went slowly by.
    • The days seemed to go by very slowly.
go by something
  1. to be guided by something; to form an opinion from something
    • That's a good rule to go by.
    • If past experience is anything to go by, they'll be late.
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  2. (also go under something)
     to be known or called by a particular name
    • He goes by the name of King Creole.
See go by in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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halfway
adverb
 
 
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