Definition of "pass by"

pass by

/pɑːs ˈbaɪ/

verb
third-person singular simple present passes by, present participle passing by, simple past and past participle passed by
1. (intransitive) To travel past without stopping.
2. (transitive) To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard.
  Quotations
  Though these notes have no pretensions to being a comprehensive catalogue, we cannot pass Euston by. Euston is not a typically English station.
  1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 358
3. (intransitive) Of a period of time: to come to an end, to elapse.
4. (Philippines) to drop by

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