Meaning of give the go-by | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To leave behind, outdistance.
   archaic, transitive
2. To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore.
   transitive
3. To snub (someone); to end a relationship.
   transitive

Examples

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

“[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 […]”

“To those other, those so august, accomplishments she no more pretended. She gave them the go-by.”

“"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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