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Go past   /goʊ pæst/   Listen
Go past

verb
1.
Move past.  Synonyms: go by, pass, pass by, surpass, travel by.  "He passed his professor in the hall" , "One line of soldiers surpassed the other"
2.
Be superior or better than some standard.  Synonyms: exceed, overstep, pass, top, transcend.  "She topped her performance of last year"






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"Go past" Quotes from Famous Books



... suggested the host, "we'll try the newsboys. We'll just have Laddie standing by the door when they go past, and maybe he can pick out this brother ...
— Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... front er my door," Teague explained, "an' I reckon in reason I oughter be home when they go past. They use to be a kinder coolness betweenst me an' them revenue fellers, but we went to work ...
— Mingo - And Other Sketches in Black and White • Joel Chandler Harris

... the Row Stray loafers linger, loth to go Past the mid-crossing, and are so Resolved to die, Hoping that, as you gallop near You'll maul them by your mad career— I ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, November 7, 1891 • Various

... Thomas Crann, James Johnstone, who had reached the bridge just before the alarm arose, sped to the nearest side, which was that away from Glamerton. So, having seen the boat go past, with Alec still safe in it, he was able to set off with the good news for Thomas. After searching for him at the miller's and at Howglen, he found him where he had left him, still on his knees, with his ...
— Alec Forbes of Howglen • George MacDonald

... almost in tears, "they must not shoot him. It was my fault. I will pay them for all the harm he has done. Can't you tell me which way he will go past?" ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII, No. 29. August, 1873. • Various


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