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go past

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Verb1.go pastgo past - 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"
go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
skirt - pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
run by - pass by while running; "We watched children were running by"
fly by - pass by while flying; "An enemy plane flew by"
whisk by, zip by, fly by - move by very quickly
2.go past - be superior or better than some standard; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her performance of last year"
excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
Translations
go past يَتَجاوز uplynout gå forbi vorbeigehen περνώ pasar mennä ohi passer proći pored oltrepassare ・・・を過ぎる 지나가다 ergens langsgaan dra forbi minąć passar проходить мимо gå förbi เดินผ่านไป yanından geçmek đi qua 路过


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I remember clearly how I swerved as I ran, to go past it, and that I gave it a needlessly wide berth.
With the soldier, an infantry officer with a bandaged cheek came up to the bonfire, and addressing Tushin asked him to have the guns moved a trifle to let a wagon go past.
Hast thou not seen Death go past with my little child?
 
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