Usually means: Move near something or someone.
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  1. pass by: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pass by: Merriam-Webster
  3. pass by: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pass by: Vocabulary.com
  5. pass-by: Wordnik
  6. pass by: Wiktionary
  7. pass by: Dictionary.com
  8. pass by: Rhymezone
  9. pass by: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pass by: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pass by: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass by: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass-by, pass by: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass by: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pass by: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pass by)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To travel past without stopping.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, of a period of time) To elapse.
▸ verb:  (Philippines) To drop by.

Similar:
pass, go past, go by, surpass, travel by, pass over, pass through, slip by, pass off, pass on, more...

Opposite:
stop, linger, stay, pause, tarry

Phrases:
to pass by, pass by reference, pass by value, Pass by catastrophe, Don't Pass Me By, more...

Adjectives:
cross over, passe, passing, past, passage, passable, transitive, transient, traverse, run, run in

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Similar:
pass, go past, go by, surpass, travel by, pass over, pass through, slip by, pass off, pass on, more...

Opposite:
stop, linger, stay, pause, tarry

Phrases:
to pass by, pass by reference, pass by value, Pass by catastrophe, Don't Pass Me By, Horseman, Pass By, pass you by, pass me by, pass or go by, pass by quickly, pass by fast, pass her by, time pass by, more...

Adjectives:
cross over, passe, passing, past, passage, passable, transitive, transient, traverse, run, run in



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