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RELATED WORDS : come and go go go a long way go about go across go after go against go ahead go all out go along go along with go around go around in circles go astray go at go away go back go back on go back over go bad go ballistic go before go between go beyond go board go deep go down go down on go dutch go far go fish go for go for broke go forth go forward go game go getter go go go home go in go in for go in with go into go off go off at half-cock go off half cocked go off half-cocked go on go on and on go one better go out go over go over big go overboard go past go places go slow go steady go straight go the limit go through go through the motions go to go to bed go to extremes go to great lengths go to it go to pieces go to pot go to sleep go to the dogs go to town go to war go together go too far go under go up go up in smoke go with go without saying go wrong have a go have a go at it hide and go seek let go let go of let it go letting go no go on the go sentry go touch and go

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Verb go by has 4 senses

• go by(v = verb.motion) elapse, glide by, go along, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by - pass by; "three years elapsed"
is one way to advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• go by(v = verb.motion) go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by - move past; "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"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• go by(v = verb.communication) go under - be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• go by(v = verb.change) Array - be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
is one way to conform to, follow
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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go by

Cunning

N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

Course

VB elapse, lapse, flow, run, proceed, advance, pass, roll on, wear on, press on, flit, fly, slip, slide, glide, run its course, run out, expire, go by, pass by, be past.

The Past

VB be past, have expired, have run its course, have had its day, pass, pass by, go by, pass away, go away, pass off, go off, lapse, blow over, look back, trace back, cast the eyes back, exhume.

Transcursion

VB transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.

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