pass by
UK /pɑːs ˈbaɪ/ · US /pæs ˈbaɪ/ verb
Forms passes by passing by passed by
- verb (intransitive) To travel past without stopping. “I noticed my wife pass by with a bag of shopping.”
- verb (intransitive, of a period of time) To elapse. “Nearly a year had passed by since I first laid eyes on him.”
- verb (transitive) To travel past (something) without stopping. “It was hard to stick to my diet all weekend, especially when I passed by the pastry shop.”
- verb (figurative, transitive) to ignore; to disregard. “I had the distinct worry that happiness would pass me by.”
- verb (Philippines) To drop by.
Synonyms
go by overgo pass go past discount disregard ignore misregard unheed fly by forpass forthglide roll on slip by transpass travel by surpass
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Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “pass by”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details