Source : WordNet®

go by
     v 1: pass by; "three years elapsed" [syn: {elapse}, {lapse}, {pass},
           {slip by}, {glide by}, {slip away}, {slide by}, {go
          along}]
     2: pass by; "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" [syn: {travel by}, {pass
        by}, {surpass}, {go past}, {pass}]
     3: be called; go by a certain name; "She goes by her maiden
        name again" [syn: {go under}]
     4: be or act in accordance with; "Go by this rule and you'll be
        safe"