go by

verb

To pass or go past without much interaction. (intransitive) · I like to sit and watch the world go by. The rest of the day went by quickly.
To be called, to use as a name. (transitive) · His full name is Ernest Tinkleton, but he goes by Ernie.
To suggest or request that other people use a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject. (transitive) · I go by they/them pronouns.
To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc. (transitive) · I'm only going by what my teacher said.· a good rule to go by

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Years may go by, and the wheel in the river

“They must go by the carrier,” she thought; “and how funny it’ll seem, sending presents to one’s own feet!

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 9 · B2

Some of ye are eaters of cattle, and of others I have heard that, under Shere Khan’s teaching, ye go by dark night and snatch children from the villager’s doorstep.

The Jungle Book, p. 24 · B2

Going around by the main road would have been so unromantic; but to go by Lover’s Lane and Willowmere and Violet Vale and the Birch Path was romantic, if ever anything was.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 105 · C1

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