What is the meaning of BY THE-BYE. Phrases containing BY THE-BYE
See meanings and uses of BY THE-BYE!Slangs & AI meanings
One way or other, by any expedient. "It can't be done by hook or crook.â€
By right, by strict justice, entitled. "By good rights Mr. Clay ought to be President of the United States."
By a jugful is American slang for by a long way or by many degrees.
By is slang for in one's opinion, as far as one is concerned.
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.
In the dark, predicting the intentions of another vessel by interpreting his navigation lights.
to impress ‘This doesn’t really grab me by the balls.’
By the way, in passing.
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
Lay by is Australian slang for to reserve an item in a shop by putting a deposit on it.
By pass is London Cockney rhyming slang for the buttocks (arse).
By a street is slang for by a long way.
An exclamation of surprise used by Ruurians.
By chalks is Australian slang for by a long way.
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
By the neck is Scottish and Irish slang for a bottle of beer served unpoured.
By the cringe is a British slang exclamation.
Touched by the moon is London Cockney rhyming slang for a lunatic (loon).
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
v. t.
To unite, as notes, by a cross line, or by a curved line, or slur, drawn over or under them.
a.
Past; gone by.
v. i.
See Thee.
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.
n.
Private end or view; by-interest.
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.
pref.
Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.
adv.
Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.
pref.
Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.
n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
adv.
By that; by how much; by so much; on that account; -- used before comparatives; as, the longer we continue in sin, the more difficult it is to reform.
n.
A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.
pref.
In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.
definite article.
A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
v. t.
To hold or constrain by authority or moral influence, as by knotted cords; to oblige; to constrain; to restrain; to confine.
a.
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.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put 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.
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE
BY THE-BYE