[syn: go by, go under]
4. be or act in accordance with;
- Example: "Go by this rule and you'll be safe"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
go by
v 1: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: elapse, lapse,
pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide
by, go along]
2: move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out
the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line
of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass
by, surpass, go past, go by, pass]
3: be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden name
again" [syn: go by, go under]
4: be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be
safe"