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to go by
  1. 1 to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of
  2. 2 to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect
  3. 3 to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in
  4. 4 to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through
  5. 5 to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout
  6. 6 to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far
  7. 7 to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed
  8. 8 to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted
  9. 9 to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for
  10. 10 to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense
  11. 11 to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood
  12. 12 to pass for, to come across as, to seem like
  13. 13 to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
  14. 14 to be well-informed, to be wise
  15. 15 to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly — after the -masu stem of a verb
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· examples

  • Taro passes for a scholar.

    sense 12 · to pass for

  • That's no excuse.

    sense 10 · to be coherent

  • Her voice doesn't carry.

    sense 6 · to carry (e.g. of a voice)

  • There was no need for verbal communication.

    sense 11 · to get across (e.g. of one's point)

  • A bullet pierced the helmet.

    sense 4 · to penetrate

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