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Re: "go by" - a coinage ? #56239 02/12/02 05:59 AM
Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel
Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta	I have heard "go by" before in the sense of using a minor occasion as a practice for a big one, for example if the Mayoress comes to your school to present your sports day prizes you might use it to make sure everything works properly for when the Queen or President as the case may be comes for whatever reason. Make bold, no not a wow coinage. I've definitely heard it -- almost always as "I might make bold to say ....." Bingley Bingley

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
"go by" - a coinage ?	wow	02/10/02 05:02 PM
.	Max Quordlepleen	02/10/02 06:57 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	wwh	02/10/02 07:28 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	AnnaStrophic	02/10/02 07:50 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Bingley	02/12/02 05:59 AM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Keiva	02/10/02 07:57 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	tsuwm	02/10/02 09:00 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	tsuwm	02/10/02 09:23 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	WhitmanO'Neill	02/11/02 12:44 AM
Re: "go by" - No hits?	Faldage	02/12/02 10:59 AM
Re: "go by" - No hits?	Keiva	02/12/02 12:00 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Rubrick	02/12/02 05:33 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	AnnaStrophic	02/12/02 07:08 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Keiva	02/12/02 07:27 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	wow	02/13/02 03:28 PM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Capital Kiwi	02/17/02 09:16 AM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Keiva	02/17/02 11:16 AM
Re: "go by" - a coinage ?	Keiva	02/17/02 11:21 AM
her hand was the portion sought	TEd Remington	02/17/02 04:58 PM
.	Max Quordlepleen	02/17/02 06:38 PM

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