pass by

/pæs ˈbaɪ/ verb

To travel past without stopping. (intransitive) · I noticed my wife pass by with a bag of shopping.
To elapse. (intransitive) · Nearly a year had passed by since I first laid eyes on him.
To travel past (something) without stopping. (transitive) · It was hard to stick to my diet all weekend, especially when I passed by the pastry shop.
to ignore; to disregard. (figuratively, transitive) · I had the distinct worry that happiness would pass me by.· He explained the idea in great detail, but still, his boss passed by the idea without a mention.
To drop by.

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“Pardon me,” said he, “my dear baron, but one of my friends, the Abbé Busoni, whom you perhaps saw pass by, has just arrived in Paris; not having seen him for a long time, I could not make up my mind to leave him sooner, so I hope this will be sufficient reason for my having made you wait.”

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 689 · C1

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