give the go-by

Definitions

1. 1

   To leave behind, outdistance.

   • Sliding Cube was taken on in front at Randwick and a couple of runners gave her the ‘go by’ when the field straightened.
2. 2

   To avoid dealing with

   To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore.

   • [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.
3. 3

   To snub (someone)

   To snub (someone); to end a relationship.

   • "You're givin' me the go-by. Please, Jack, don't give me the go-by.[…] Did you see him gi'me me the go-by? He's through. That's all—through."
   • "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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