PASS BY


Meaning of PASS BY in English

pass by phrasal verb ( see also ↑ pass )

1 . pass by (somebody/something) to go past a person, place, vehicle etc:

They all waved as they passed by.

Will you be passing by the supermarket on your way home?

⇨ ↑ passerby

2 . pass somebody by if something passes you by, it happens but you are not involved in it:

She felt that life was passing her by.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.