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go-by

  [goh-bahy]
–noun Informal.
a going by without notice; an intentional passing by; snub: to give one the go-by.
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Origin:
1605–15; n. use of v. phrase go by

go⋅by

  [goh-bee]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -by, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -bies.
1. any small marine or freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae, often having the pelvic fins united to form a suctorial disk.
2. any fish of the closely related family Eleotridae, having the pelvic fins separate.
Origin:
1760–70; < L gōbius gudgeon (sp. var. of gōbiō or cōbius) < Gk kōbiós
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go·by   (gō'bē)   
n.   pl. goby or go·bies
Any of numerous usually small spiny-finned fishes of the family Gobiidae, having the pelvic fins united to form a suction disk.

[Latin gōbius, gudgeon, from Greek kōbios.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
go-by [ˈgobɑɪ]

  1. n.
    an instance of ignoring or passing by (someone). (See also give (so) the go-by.) : I got the go-by from her every time I saw her.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

goby 
kind of fish, 1769, from L. gobius, from Gk. gobios, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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