pass by
verb
- overtake, go past
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /pɑːs ˈbaɪ/ / /pæs ˈbaɪ/
verb
- To travel past without stopping.
“I noticed my wife pass by with a bag of shopping.”
“I can hear them whisper as we pass by It's a bad sign, bad sign”
- To travel past (something) without stopping; (figurative) to ignore, to disregard.
“I had the distinct worry that happiness would pass me by.”
“Though these notes have no pretensions to being a comprehensive catalogue, we cannot pass Euston by. Euston is not a typically English station.”
- To elapse.
“Nearly a year has passed by since I first laid eyes on him.”
- To drop by.