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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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                  South Africa
                  Common
                  Ireland
                  Common
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                  Common
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