go-by

(noun) small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker. Synonyms: goby, gudgeon.

(verb) pass by. Synonyms: elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along. Example: "Three years elapsed."

(verb) move past. Synonyms: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass. Examples: "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."

(verb) be called; go by a certain name. Synonyms: go by, go under. Example: "She goes by her maiden name again."

(verb) be or act in accordance with. Synonyms: go by. Example: "Go by this rule and you'll be safe."