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GO PAST
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move past
Example:
One line of soldiers surpassed the other
Synonyms:
go by; go past; pass; pass by; surpass; travel by
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go past" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go past"):
skirt (pass around or about; move along the border)
run by (pass by while running)
fly by (pass by while flying)
fly by; whisk by; zip by (move by very quickly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
These cars won't go past
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be superior or better than some standard
Example:
She topped her performance of last year
Synonyms:
exceed; go past; overstep; pass; top; transcend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "go past" is one way to...):
excel; stand out; surpass (distinguish oneself)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
