go by
phrasal verbgo by 
- (of time) to pass
- Things will get easier as time goes by.
 - The weeks went slowly by.
 - The days seemed to go by very slowly.
 
 
go by something 
- to be guided by something; to form an opinion from something
- That's a good rule to go by.
 - If past experience is anything to go by, they'll be late.
 
 - (also go under something)to be known or called by a particular name
- He goes by the name of King Creole.