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Meanings of go by in English

Portuguese
ir
Spanish
seguir

Pass by.

ir
Portuguese
passar de largo
Catalan
passar
Spanish
pasar

Move past.

passar de largo
Catalan
dir-se
Spanish
llamarse

Be called; go by a certain name.

dir-se
Usage of go by in English
1
Good Heaven; I thought you had been let go by the surgeons.
Throne of Jade
2
If new research is anything to go by then not so good.
Radio NZ
3
At present 80 per cent of Dubliners don't go by public transport.
The Irish Times
4
If the last year is anything to go by, neither much listened.
Reuters
5
You can travel north beyond the ice, if you go by water.
The Plains of Passage
6
Not, if his sales figures are anything to go by, a problem.
The Irish Times
7
Clearly it needs it if that document is anything to go by.
Radio NZ
8
And if public engagement is anything to go by, there's trouble ahead.
The Guardian
9
As the days go by, Pablo maintains that his fish is fine.
The new yorker
10
If the last week is anything to go by, he was right.
The Guardian
11
You go by your experience in judging men; I by my instincts.
"My Novel" — Volume 06
12
As in, thinking about the years and how quickly they go by.
The Irish Times
13
How much time would go by before he decided something was wrong?
The sailcloth shroud
14
People were standing about in the streets watching the cars go by.
In the World War
15
Maybe he should go by her place; he knew where it was.
The Hustler
16
As the days go by, it's going to be bigger, he said.
Radio NZ
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