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verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb pass in time: to move onward in terms of time
As the years go by, he gets more and more mellow.

2. transitive verb regard something as true: to treat advice or information as reliable or true

3. transitive verb use particular source of information: to use a particular way of doing something or finding something out
All we had to go by was a soggy map.

4. intransitive verb make brief visit: to pay a brief, often unannounced or informal, visit to somebody
I'll go by Hannah's house and give her the books.

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