run by

1. 1.

   pass by while running

   “We watched children were running by”

   Broadertravel by

Questions about run by

What does run by mean?

run by means "pass by while running".

Is run by a common word?

run 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.