go by
phrasal verbgo by
- (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.
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go by something
- 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.
- (also go under something)to be known or called by a particular name
- He goes by the name of King Creole.