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Princeton's WordNet

  1. travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, passverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. pass byverb

    to proceed past something

  2. pass byverb

    to pass over. disregard, overlook

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pass by in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pass by in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of pass by in a Sentence

  1. Andr Maurois:

    Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.

  2. Diana Lopez:

    You can't pass by here, this is my neighborhood.

  3. Dan Barbulescu:

    No one was expecting that behind this embankment so many people pass by every day there was such life, a rich, balanced ecosystem, bit by bit nature has built a place that lives without intervention.

  4. Mark Twain:

    A person whom Mark had small regard for, said: Mark, I recently chanced to pass by your house. To which Mark dryly replied: And may you always continue to do so.

  5. Veronica Openibo:

    Let us not hide such events anymore because of the fear of making mistakes, too often we want to keep silent until the storm has passed ! This storm will not pass by. Our credibility is at stake.


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