单词 | go-by |
释义 | go-byn.1 1. Coursing. The action or fact of getting in front of the hare being chased, or of another dog. Later also in other forms of racing: the action or fact of passing another animal. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > [noun] > actions in coursing cote1575 counter1575 go-by1615 wrench1615 trip1856 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > actions of horse screwing1609 go-by1615 stride1883 flying change1946 walk-up1946 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > [noun] > overtaking go-by1615 1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. vii. 105 If a coate shall be more then two turnes, and a goe by, or the bearing of the Hare equall with two turnes. 1735 Sportsman's Dict. I. at Coursing A go by, or bearing the hare, is accounted equivalent to two turns. 1816 Sporting Mag. 47 43 The other horse..determined not to be again surprised by a go-by. 1864 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound in 1864 xvi. 369 The Go-bye is where a greyhound starts a clear length behind his opponent, and yet passes him in a straight run, and gets a clear length before him. 1895 R. D. Williams in T. Roosevelt & G. B. Grinnell Hunting in Many Lands 352 They went away from the slips in great style, the barzoi getting a few feet the best of it; but in the lead up to the wolf the cross-breed made a go-by, and, overtaking the flying wolf, unhesitatingly seized and turned it. 1907 J. Blyth Irrevocable 232 In a long course Diamond Dust had it all his own way, and..brought the proceedings to an end with a go-by and superb kill. 1983 P. Drabble It's Dog's Life iii. 83 He [sc. the dog] may overtake again.., coming from a length or more behind to a clear length in front, so gaining extra points for a ‘go-bye’. 2. The action or fact of evading, eluding, ignoring, or disregarding someone or something. Earliest and esp. in to give a person the go-by: see Phrases b, Phrases c. ΚΠ 1653 Abstr. Several Lett. concerning Common-Wealth of Eng. 5 Those English ships which were blockt up by ours at Portolongone, are gotten out to sea, and, in defiance of the Dutch, gave them all the go-by. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot ii. vi. 61 The Frowne, the Gloat, the Hung-lip, the Neglect, the Go-by. 1678 E. Howard Man of Newmarket ii. 24 If thou let'st this Go-by pass, maist thou never more win Match. 1815 T. Jefferson Let. 1 Jan. in Papers (2011) Retirement Ser. VIII. 177 The go-by seems to have been given to your proposition, and longer sufferance is necessary to force us to what is best. 1836 Knickerbocker Sept. 336 That their obviousness should procure for them [sc. Cicero's hints for conversation] the go-by of some, would not be surprising. 1917 G. H. Reid My Reminisc. xv. 169 This fact is a strange commentary on the go-by given to that question in the Convention of 1891. 1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey iii. xiii. 310 They were not wanted. One by one, they would get the go-by—as he had got it—in favour of Jack-o'-lanterns, revolutionaries, restless chaps, or clever, unscrupulous fellows. 1984 Times of India 19 May 8/6 The go-by given to banking norms..has been exploited to the full by unscrupulous elements. 3. The action or fact of going by (in various senses of to go by at go v. Phrasal verbs 1); passing, as of time, water in a river, etc. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [noun] > going past by-running1674 go-by1674 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 100 All stirrings one and other are nothing but go-byes or shiftings of bodies. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1673 (1955) IV. 19 Now growing into Yeares, but yet thinking little of go-by. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. vii. 76 In the go-by of the river he is gone as a shadow goes. 1888 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 8 June 859/1 The larger the area for the ‘go by’ of the water displaced by the passing vessel or train of boats the greater the speed. 1941 New Republic 20 Oct. 509/2 The swinging and the swift go by Of beasts with enormous hooves and heads. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being better or superior > [noun] > better or superior person or thing betterOE unlikea1300 superior1537 overmatch1590 transcendent1613 go-by1823 outshiner1864 super-individual1911 1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang 89 Our friend Ted Blower, calls ‘the Annals of Sporting’—the Sporting ‘go-by’. 1823 Examiner 710/1 The Cataract of the Ganges amounts to a go-by to every thing that has preceded it. Phrases to give (a person or thing) the go-by (also to give the go-by to). a. To outstrip, leave behind (frequently spec. in a race; cf. sense 1). Formerly also †to tip (a person) the go-by. Now somewhat rare.In quot. 1797: to leave, depart from. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip to leave behinda1393 overgoc1425 preventa1500 outgo1530 out-trot1555 outstrip1567 stripa1592 outpacea1596 out-swift1606 to have (also get) the speed ofa1616 outstretcha1642 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642 to gain bounds of1653 outrace1657 outspeed1661 to cast behind1681 distance1691 belag1721 repass1728 outfoot1740 outdistance1789 fore-reach1803 to have the foot of1832 to run away1843 slip1856 short-head1863 tine1871 forespeed1872 outrate1873 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xvii. 328 Who had rather others should make a ladder of his dead corps to scale a city by it, then a bridge of it whilest alive for his punies to give him the Goe-by, and passe over him to preferment. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 432 How doth fortunate Folly, and some Simpletons, even to worldly Affaires, give the go-by to cunning, or laborious Pioneers..for Wealth? 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Cc2/2 To give one the go-by in a Race, devancer quêcun dans une Course. 1779 Lady's Mag. Feb. 102/2 Here's long-trotting Tom, here's finger the reins, And tip all the go-by from London to Staines. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham III. 260 What business have you in this lady's chamber?..Tip us the go-by, or I shall be apt to shew you the way. 1825 Sporting Mag. 16 340 One dog gives another the go-by. 1833 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 33 846/2 We have given the go-by to our excellent friend Mitchelson's beautiful woods. 1835 G. Stephen Adventures in Search of Horse (1841) xiv. 203 Eager to ‘give it the go by’, they put the horse to his speed. 1910 Blackwood's Mag. Sept. 418/2 Some other Power will give us the go-by in submarines, as two or three have already done in airship design and use. 2007 Sunday Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 5 Aug. 99 Sliding Cube was taken on in front at Randwick and a couple of runners gave her the ‘go by’ when the field straightened. b. To elude, escape from; to give (a person) the slip. Formerly also: †to deceive, hoodwink (obsolete). Now only in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > escape from [verb (transitive)] > contrive to escape or evade > a person or slip away from aglya1250 outsteala1325 glide?1510 slip1513 betrumpa1522 to give (one) the slip1567 to get by ——1601 outslip1616 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1653 elude1667 to tip (a person) the picks1673 bilk1679 to tip (a person) the pikes1688 to give one the drop1709 jouk1812 double1819 sneak1819 shirk1837 duck1896 1653 Abstr. Several Lett. concerning Common-Wealth of Eng. 5 Those English ships which were blockt up by ours at Portolongone, are gotten out to sea, and, in defiance of the Dutch, gave them all the go-by. 1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 211 But the King, understanding of this division, gave Waller the go-by, returned towards Oxford [etc.]. 1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 68 Except an Apprentice is fully instructed how to Adulterate, and Varnish, and give you the Go-by upon occasion, his Master may be charged with Neglect. 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. ix. 211 He..found that they had not made for Jerusalem in their way Back, but had Given him the Go-by. 1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One iv. 67 Alas, poor Doctor!—no more fees—he has given you the go-by fairly. 1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. xii. 242 We may give him the go-by by running through the Needles. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped ix. 74 A French ship..gave us the go-by in the fog. 1919 F. L. Packard From Now On iv. iv. 261 Dave..goes and puts his head on Nicolo's bosom so's to give the police the go-by. 1994 J. Aiken Eliza's Daughter v. 129 The vixen smelt a rat and has given us the go-by. c. To avoid dealing with or attending to (something or someone); to evade; to disregard, ignore, take no notice of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > a problem or difficulty hipc1440 illude1553 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 slink1658 jump1844 sidestep1899 burke1921 duck1928 bypass1941 1654 J. Goodwin Peace Protected 35 This answer giveth the Querie a goe-by, in stead of an encounter with a broad side: and looks a little towards it on the back-side of it, nor careing to look it in the face. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 398 If they can give you the go-by in it, the issue is obvious. 1672 Wks. J. Mede (ed. 3) Gen. Pref. sig. * 3v It being the fashion of many Commentators to write a deal of Notes upon what is easie and needs them not, but to give the Go-by to places more difficult. 1712 S. Sewall Diary 22 Aug. (1973) II. 697 The Govr speaks with some earnestness that we should not give the Ordinary Court the go-by, in taking off Entails. 1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 136 He gave the go-by to a multitude of toasts. 1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter ii. 115 Successive licensers had given the work a sort of go-by. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlv. 382 It gave the go-by to such inconvenient questions. 1892 Law Times 92 156/2 A junior judge..sitting in another division, practically gives that order the go-by. 1909 Southern Merchant 25 Jan. 10/3 The boss may have intended that the shoe stock be cleared up the same as all other stocks of the store, but you clerks give it the go-by and tack your attention to the stuff made of cloth. 1968 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 30 June 9- b/3 Except for the Deep South, they [sc. strip dumplings] are almost a lost art. So many cook books give them the go-by. 2004 National Rev. (New Delhi) Oct. 18/2 Facts are given a go-by when rhetoric rules the roost. d. To pass without acknowledging (a person), to snub, ‘cut’; to jilt or ‘stand up’; to end a romantic relationship with; to decline to marry or be engaged to. Cf. gang-by n. at gang v.1 Compounds. Chiefly U.S. in later use. ΚΠ 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlviii. 430 Becky..gave Mrs. Washington White the go-by in the Ring. 1884 E. Garth-Thornton For Love & Duty II. iii. 29 Don't face a miserable existence with that tottering old humbug. Give him the go-by, or give me leave to break it off. 1921 E. Baker Partnership iii. 109 Miss Blagg. If you give him the go-by perhaps he'll take on Sally! Maisie. If I give him the go-by he's welcome to her. 1957 Washington Post 20 Aug. b4/3 If Ed sees me alone, he gives me the go-by. 2012 C. Brooke Mad about Earl vii. 85 He's determined to have you, Rosamund. If you mean to give him the go-by, you ought to do it cleanly..and not string the fellow along. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11615 |
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