pass by

pass by
vi
1) (elapse) time vergehen
2) (go past) vorbeigehen, vorübergehen;
he \pass byed by as if he had not even seen me er ging an mir vorbei, als ob er mich überhaupt nicht gesehen hätte;
to \pass by by on the other side (esp Brit) (fig) völlig unberührt bleiben;
no one seeing the plight of these refugees could \pass by by on the other side niemanden, der die Not dieser Flüchtlinge sieht, kann das einfach kaltlassen
3) (travel past) vorbeifahren;
she sat looking out of the train window at the countryside \pass bying by sie saß da und schaute aus dem Zugfenster auf die vorbeiziehende Landschaft vt
1) (miss sb)
to \pass by sb by an jdm vorbeigehen;
do you ever feel that life is \pass bying you by? hast du manchmal das Gefühl, dass das Leben an dir vorbeigeht?;
I regarded the whole affair as a nonsense, and so let it \pass by me by ich habe die ganze Sache als Unsinn betrachtet und mich deswegen nicht weiter darum gekümmert
2) (go past)
to \pass by sb/sth <-> by an jdm/etw vorübergehen [o vorbeigehen];
I had often \pass byed this shop by ich bin schon oft an diesem Laden vorbeigegangen

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