from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
go by
v 1: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: {elapse}, {lapse},
{pass}, {slip by}, {glide by}, {slip away}, {go by}, {slide
by}, {go along}]
2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out
the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line
of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: {travel by}, {pass
by}, {surpass}, {go past}, {go by}, {pass}]
3: be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name
again" [syn: {go by}, {go under}]
4: be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be
safe"