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Give the go-by

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave behind, outdistance. archaic, transitive

    "Sliding Cube was taken on in front at Randwick and a couple of runners gave her the ‘go by’ when the field straightened."

  2. 2
    To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore. transitive

    "[T]hey express sweetly enough some natural sentiments,—and what more would you have in a song? You have had far more in some songs to which we have given the go-by […]"

  3. 3
    To snub (someone); to end a relationship. transitive

    ""If you mean to give him the go-by, you ought to do it cleanly […] and not string the fellow along.""

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