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Phrase(s): pass by (someone or something)
to move or travel past someone, something, or some place. • Please don’t pass by me so fast. • If you pass by a large white house with a red roof, you have gone too far., Phrase(s): pass someone or something by
to miss someone or something; to overlook someone or something. • The storm passed by the town leaving it unharmed. • The teacher passed me by and chose the next person in line.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Proceed past something, as in If you pass by a white house, you've gone too far. [c. 1300] 2. Also, pass over. Disregard, overlook, as in Just pass by the first few pages and you'll get to the basics, or Ralph was passed over for promotion. [1300s]
American Heritage Idioms