GO PAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does go past mean?
• GO PAST (verb)
The verb GO PAST has 2 senses:
1. pass by
2. go beyond
Familiarity information: GO PAST used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GO PAST (verb)
Meaning:
Pass by
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
go past; pass by; travel by; go by; pass; surpass
Context 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
Hypernyms (to "go past" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
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
Meaning:
Go beyond
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
top; overstep; go past; exceed; transcend; pass
Context examples:
She exceeded our expectations / She topped her performance of last year
Hypernyms (to "go past" is one way to...):
excel; stand out; surpass (distinguish oneself)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
