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What does pass by mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pass by? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To travel past without stopping. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive) To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard. [from 14th c.]
  3. (intransitive) Of a period of time: to come to an end, to elapse. [from 15th c.]
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I slowed down to allow an out of control roller-blader to pass by in front of me and was rammed from behind by a woman in a small car.
Whale sharks pass by in late March and early April and the occasional dugong has been seen.
I walked quickly and quietly up to the corner and took out a small bat, waiting for the guard to pass by to clock him over the head.
He also said cars are unable to pass by parked cars in the same area without being forced up on the kerbing and grass margins.
My husband jokes every time we pass by a shop window because I have to stop and be amazed at the sparkles.
Millions are expected to pass by his body as it lies in state, and there will be considerable numbers attending his funeral.

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