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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Go-by

· Go·-by · IPA
01 n. A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
  1. 1.
    A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
    “Some songs to which we have given the go-by.” — Prof. Wilson.