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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.