pass by

Questions about pass by

What does pass by mean?

pass by means "move past".

What is another word for pass by?

Close synonyms include travel by, surpass, go past, go by, pass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pass by a common word?

pass by is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.