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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.

1653 Abstr. Several Lett. concerning Common-Wealth of Eng. 5 Those English ships which were blockt up by ours at Portolongone, are gotten out to sea, and, in defiance of the Dutch, gave them all the go-by.

1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xviii. 211 But the King, understanding of this division, gave Waller the go-by, returned towards Oxford [etc.].

1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 68 Except an Apprentice is fully instructed how to Adulterate, and Varnish, and give you the Go-by upon occasion, his Master may be charged with Neglect.

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God I. ix. 211 He..found that they had not made for Jerusalem in their way Back, but had Given him the Go-by.

1784 H. Cowley More Ways than One iv. 67 Alas, poor Doctor!—no more fees—he has given you the go-by fairly.

1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy III. xii. 242 We may give him the go-by by running through the Needles.

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped ix. 74 A French ship..gave us the go-by in the fog.

1919 F. L. Packard From Now On iv. iv. 261 Dave..goes and puts his head on Nicolo's bosom so's to give the police the go-by.

1994 J. Aiken Eliza's Daughter v. 129 The vixen smelt a rat and has given us the go-by.

1654 J. Goodwin Peace Protected 35 This answer giveth the Querie a goe-by, in stead of an encounter with a broad side: and looks a little towards it on the back-side of it, nor careing to look it in the face.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 398 If they can give you the go-by in it, the issue is obvious.

1672 Wks. J. Mede (ed. 3) Gen. Pref. sig. * 3^v It being the fashion of many Commentators to write a deal of Notes upon what is easie and needs them not, but to give the Go-by to places more difficult.

1712 S. Sewall Diary 22 Aug. (1973) II. 697 The Gov^r speaks with some earnestness that we should not give the Ordinary Court the go-by, in taking off Entails.

1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 136 He gave the go-by to a multitude of toasts.

1862 J. H. Burton Book-hunter ii. 115 Successive licensers had given the work a sort of go-by.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlv. 382 It gave the go-by to such inconvenient questions.

1892 Law Times 92 156/2 A junior judge..sitting in another division, practically gives that order the go-by.

1909 Southern Merchant 25 Jan. 10/3 The boss may have intended that the shoe stock be cleared up the same as all other stocks of the store, but you clerks give it the go-by and tack your attention to the stuff made of cloth.

1968 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 30 June 9- b/3 Except for the Deep South, they [sc. strip dumplings] are almost a lost art. So many cook books give them the go-by.

2004 National Rev. (New Delhi) Oct. 18/2 Facts are given a go-by when rhetoric rules the roost.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlviii. 430 Becky..gave Mrs. Washington White the go-by in the Ring.

1884 E. Garth-Thornton For Love & Duty II. iii. 29 Don't face a miserable existence with that tottering old humbug. Give him the go-by, or give me leave to break it off.

1921 E. Baker Partnership iii. 109 Miss Blagg. If you give him the go-by perhaps he'll take on Sally! Maisie. If I give him the go-by he's welcome to her.

1957 Washington Post 20 Aug. b4/3 If Ed sees me alone, he gives me the go-by.

2012 C. Brooke Mad about Earl vii. 85 He's determined to have you, Rosamund. If you mean to give him the go-by, you ought to do it cleanly..and not string the fellow along.