go past

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go past

verb goes past · going past · went past · gone past

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.
To elapse. (said of time) That hour went past so quickly!
Similar: go by, elapse, go, intervene, go past, pass, pass by, roll on
To surpass a boundary; to go by a limit.

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verb surpass a boundary

Español	traspasar, rebasar
中文	經過 /经过 jīngguò, 路過 /路过 lùguò, 走過 /走过 zǒuguò
Português	Ultrapassar um limite, Ir até o limite
Français	passer, dépasser
Deutsch	übersteigen, überschreiten, übertreffen
Русский	переходи́ть perexodítʹ, перейти́ perejtí, переступа́ть perestupátʹ

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@misc{go_past_2026,
  title = {go past},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20past},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}