Overview of noun go_by

The noun goby has 1 sense

• goby, gudgeon -- (small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker)

Overview of verb go_by

The verb go by has 4 senses

• elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along -- (pass by; "three years elapsed")


• travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass -- (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")


• go by, go under -- (be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name again")


• go by -- (be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be safe")