What is the meaning of BY A-STREET. Phrases containing BY A-STREET
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Slow complicated operation whereby one train passes another on a single-track railroad when the other is on a siding too short to hold the entire train. Saw by is applied to any move through switches or through connecting switches that is necessitated by one train passing another
Six by six is slang for a six wheel truck with six−wheel drive.
By the cringe is a British slang exclamation.
By pass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
By right, by strict justice, entitled. "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States."
By the neck is Scottish and Irish slang for a bottle of beer served unpoured.
By a jugful is American slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
A slang term used meaning boy, buddy...ie: "How's she goin' by'...this is used by people in Nova Scotia (esp. Cape Breton), Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.
Lay by is Australian slang for to reserve an item in a shop by putting a deposit on it.
By a long sight is American slang for by a long way, by a good deal.
An exclamation of surprise used by Ruurians.
By is slang for in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned.
By a street is slang for by a long way.
By a long chalk is slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
By the way, in passing.
By chalks is Australian slang for by a long way.
By a long shot is American slang for by a good distance, by a considerable amount.
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
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prep.
In; on; at; by.
n.
A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.
prep.
In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging.
pref.
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
n.
A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.
n.
A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.
n.
One who goes by; a passer.
adv.
Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.
n.
A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
adv.
Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
pref.
In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
pref.
With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
pref.
Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
a.
Past; gone by.
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Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
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