go by

1. (verb) be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
Related Words: conform to, follow

2. (verb) be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again"
Synonyms: go under

3. (verb) pass by; "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"
Synonyms: go past, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by
Related Words: fly by, go, locomote, move, run by, skirt, travel, whisk by, zip by

4. (verb) pass by, as of time
Synonyms: elapse, glide by, go along, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by
Related Words: advance, fell, fly, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress, vanish



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