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GO-BY

Definition: GO-BY

GO-BY

Noun

1. A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "GO-BY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Specialty Definition: GO-BY

Domain	Definition
Literature	Go-by To give one the go-by. To pass without notice, to leave in the lurch. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: GO-BY

Synonyms by domain: go to (post & telecom).

Synonyms within Context: GO-BY

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Deception	Circumvent, overreach; outreach, out wit, out maneuver; steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch
Neglect	Slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over; pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink; table; ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to; leave out of one's calculation; not attend to; not mind; not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with; forget; be caught napping; (not expect); leave a loose thread; let the grass grow under one's feet.
Nonobservance	Verb: fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Translation: GO-BY

Language		Translations for "GO-BY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Romanian		pãrãsi brusc pe cineva (give smb. the go-by), nu veni la întâlnire (give smb. the go-by). (various references)

Thai		การหลบหน้า. (various references)

Turkish		görmemezlikten gelmek (give smb. the go-by), tanımamazlık etmek (give smb. the go-by), elini sürmemek (give smth. the go-by, not to touch with a bargepole, not touch), dokunmamak (give smth. the go-by, keep off). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: GO-BY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bogy, goby.
	Words within the letters "b-g-o-y"
	-1 letter: bog, boy, gob, goy, yob.
	-2 letters: bo, by, go, oy, yo.
	Words containing the letters "b-g-o-y"
	+1 letter: bogey, boggy, boogy.
	+2 letters: bogeys, boogey, bygone, cyborg, globby, gobony, goodby.
	+3 letters: bigotry, biogeny, biology, bodying, bogeyed, bogyism, bogyman, bogymen, boogeys, buoyage, buoying, bygones, cyborgs, goodbye, goodbys, goombay, highboy, ignobly, obeying, pageboy.
	+4 letters: bodingly, bogeying, bogeyman, bogeymen, bogyisms, boogeyed, boogying, boogyman, boogymen, boringly, bowingly, broguery, bryology, buoyages, dogberry, dogsbody, doughboy, globally, goodbyes, goombays, gorbelly, gorblimy, highboys, lobbygow, lobbying, moneybag, oblongly, pageboys.
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