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  • (I'm) (so) glad you could drop by
  • (I'm/We're) (so) glad you could stop by
  • (all) done by mirrors
  • (that's) OK by me
  • (that's) fine by me
  • (whether) by accident or design
  • A good time was had by all
  • By cracky!
  • Can I get by, please?
  • Could I get by, please?
  • Desires are nourished by delays
  • How's by you?
  • I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls
  • Live by the sword, die by the sword
  • Man does not live by bread alone
  • Run that by again
  • Run that by me again
  • Run that by me one more time
  • Run that by one more time
  • a blow-by-blow account
  • a blow-by-blow account, description, etc.
  • a blow-by-blow description
  • a camel is a horse designed by a committee
  • a good time was had by all
  • a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
  • a man is judged by the company he keeps
  • a man is known by the company he keeps
  • a rose by any other name
  • a rose by any other name (would smell as sweet)
  • a tiger by the tail
  • a tree is known by its fruit(, a man by his deeds)
  • abide by
  • abide by a decision
  • accompanied by
  • accompanied by (someone or something)
  • according to all accounts
  • all by (one's) lonesome
  • all by lonesome
  • all cats are gray by night
  • all cats are grey by night
  • all right with one
  • baptism by fire
  • be absorbed by (something)
  • be bitten by the bug
  • be bitten by/have the bug
  • be blown away
  • be blown away by something
  • be conspicuous by (one's) absence
  • be devoured by (something)
  • be devoured by something
  • be hanging on by (one's) fingertips
  • be hanging on by your fingertips
  • be hard done-by
  • be hard hit (by something)
  • be hoist by (one's) own petard
  • be hoist/hoisted by/with your own petard
  • be hounded (by someone or something)
  • be past its sell-by date
  • be past the/(one's) sell-by date
  • be replaced by (someone or something)
  • be struck by (someone or something)
  • be struck by/on/with somebody/something
  • be struck on (someone or something)
  • be struck with (someone or something)
  • be tainted by (something)
  • be taken by surprise
  • be taken in by (someone)
  • be taken to task (by someone)
  • be taken to the cleaners (by someone)
  • be too clever by half
  • be touched by (something)
  • be/feel hard done by
  • been getting by
  • begin by (doing something)
  • begin by doing
  • benefit by
  • benefit by (something)
  • bit by a barn mouse
  • bit by bit
  • bitten by a barn mouse
  • bitten by the same bug
  • blow by blow
  • blow-by-blow
  • blow-by-blow account
  • brace by
  • brick by brick
  • brush by
  • brush by (someone or something)
  • by
  • by (one's) (own) bootstraps
  • by (one's) fingertips
  • by (one's) lights
  • by (one's) own fair hand(s)
  • by (one's) own hand
  • by (one's) wits
  • by (one)self
  • by (oneself)
  • by George
  • by God
  • by Jove
  • by a canvas
  • by a hair
  • by a hair's breadth
  • by a hair/whisker
  • by a long chalk
  • by a long shot
  • by a margin (of something)
  • by a mile
  • by a neck
  • by a nose
  • by a short head
  • by a show of hands
  • by a whisker
  • by a wide margin
  • by accident
  • by accident or design
  • by acclamation
  • by all accounts
  • by all appearances
  • by all manner of means
  • by all means
  • by all means of
  • by all means of (something)
  • by all odds
  • by an eyelash
  • by and by
  • by and large
  • by ankle express
  • by any chance
  • by any means
  • by any stretch
  • by any stretch of the imagination
  • by bootstraps
  • by brute strength
  • by chance
  • by check
  • by choice
  • by coincidence
  • by comparison
  • by contraries
  • by cracky
  • by day
  • by default
  • by definition
  • by degrees
  • by design
  • by dint of
  • by dint of (something)
  • by dint of something
  • by dint of something/doing something
  • by ear
  • by fair means or foul
  • by false pretenses
  • by far
  • by fits and starts
  • by force of habit
  • by godfrey
  • by guess and by God
  • by guess and by golly
  • by guess and by gosh
  • by guess or by golly
  • by guess or by gosh
  • by half
  • by halves
  • by hand
  • by heart
  • by hell or high water
  • by herself
  • by hook or (by) crook
  • by hook or by crook
  • by hook or crook
  • by inches
  • by itself
  • by leaps and bounds
  • by lot
  • by main force
  • by main strength and awkwardness
  • by means of
  • by means of (something)
  • by means of something
  • by mistake
  • by myself
  • by name
  • by nature
  • by night
  • by no means
  • by no stretch
  • by no stretch of the imagination
  • by numbers
  • by one's bootstraps
  • by one's wits
  • by oneself
  • by ourselves
  • by popular demand
  • by reason of
  • by request
  • by return
  • by return (of post)
  • by return mail
  • by return mail and by return post
  • by return post
  • by rights
  • by rote
  • by shank's mare
  • by stealth
  • by the
  • by the (unit)
  • by the back door
  • by the board
  • by the book
  • by the by
  • by the by/bye
  • by the bye
  • by the day
  • by the dozen
  • by the dozen(s)
  • by the dozens
  • by the end of the day
  • by the grace of God
  • by the gross
  • by the handful
  • by the hour
  • by the look(s) of it/things
  • by the month
  • by the name (of)
  • by the name of...
  • by the nape of (one's)/its/the neck
  • by the nape of the neck
  • by the numbers
  • by the same token
  • by the scruff of (one's)/its/the neck
  • by the scruff of somebody's/the neck
  • by the seat of (one's) pants
  • by the seat of one's pants
  • by the seat of pants
  • by the seat of the pants
  • by the seat of your pants
  • by the short hairs
  • by the skin of (one's) teeth
  • by the skin of one's teeth
  • by the skin of teeth
  • by the skin of your teeth
  • by the sweat of (one's) brow
  • by the sweat of brow
  • by the sweat of one's brow
  • by the sweat of your brow
  • by the thousand
  • by the thousands
  • by the time
  • by the unit
  • by the way
  • by the week
  • by the yard
  • by the year
  • by themselves
  • by trade
  • by trial and error
  • by turn
  • by turns
  • by virtue of
  • by virtue of (something)
  • by water
  • by way of
  • by way of (something)
  • by way of something
  • by weight
  • by word of mouth
  • by your fingertips
  • by yourself
  • by yourself, himself, etc.
  • by yourselves
  • by/from all accounts
  • by/from the look of it/things
  • by/in comparison
  • by/in leaps and bounds
  • by/in virtue of something
  • by/on/under false pretences
  • by/through the back door
  • call by (a name)
  • call by a name
  • catch (one) by surprise
  • catch (someone) by surprise
  • catch a tiger by the tail
  • cheaper by the dozen
  • cheek by jowl
  • choked by emotion
  • cling on by (one's) fingernails
  • cling on by (one's) fingertips
  • close by
  • clue-by-four
  • come by
  • come by (something) honestly
  • come by honestly
  • come by the worst
  • come home by Weeping Cross
  • conspicuous by (one's) absence
  • conspicuous by (one's)/it's absence
  • conspicuous by absence
  • conspicuous by its absence
  • conspicuous by one's (its) absence
  • conspicuous by your absence
  • conspicuous by your/its absence
  • consumed by desire
  • continue by (doing something)
  • continue by doing
  • copy out (by hand)
  • creep by
  • cruise by
  • crushed by
  • damn by association
  • day by day
  • days gone by
  • death by spell check
  • delight (someone) by (doing something)
  • delight by
  • desires are nourished by delays
  • die by
  • die by (one's) own hand
  • die by (something)
  • die by own hand
  • divide (something) by (something)
  • divide by
  • do (something) by (one)
  • do (something) by halves
  • do (something) by the book
  • do all right by (one)
  • do badly by (one)
  • do badly by (someone)
  • do by
  • do nothing/not do anything by halves
  • do right by (someone)
  • do right by somebody
  • do somehow by
  • do something by a whisker
  • do something by the book
  • do something by the skin of your teeth
  • do well by (one)
  • do well by doing good
  • do well by somebody
  • don't judge a book by its cover
  • done by mirrors
  • drag (oneself) up by (one's) (own) bootstraps
  • drag/pull yourself up by your bootstraps
  • drop by
  • drop by (sometime)
  • drop by the wayside
  • easy to come by
  • edge by
  • edge by (someone or something)
  • end up (by) (doing something)
  • exceed (someone or something) by (something)
  • exceed by
  • exemplify (something) by (something)
  • exemplify by
  • fall by
  • fall by (some amount)
  • fall by the wayside
  • fall by the wayside, to
  • feel hard done-by
  • fine by (one)
  • fine with me
  • fits and starts, by
  • fly by
  • fly by the seat of (one's) pants
  • fly by the seat of your pants
  • fly-by-night
  • footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down
  • for sale by owner
  • from goo to you, by way of the zoo
  • from the look(s) of it/things
  • fucked by the fickle finger of fate
  • gain (something) by (doing something)
  • gain by doing
  • gardens are not made by sitting in the shade
  • get (one) by the short and curlies
  • get (one) by the short hairs
  • get (someone) by the balls
  • get along
  • get away with
  • get burned (by someone)
  • get by
  • get by on a shoestring
  • get by with (something)
  • get someone by the short and curlies
  • get taken in (by someone or something)
  • get taken to task (by someone)
  • get taken to the cleaners (by someone)
  • get the go-by
  • get the worst of it
  • get/have somebody by the short hairs
  • give (one) the go-by
  • give someone the go-by
  • give the go-by
  • glad you could drop by
  • go by
  • go by the board
  • go by the board, to
  • go by the name (of)
  • go by the name of
  • go by the name of...
  • go by the wayside
  • go-by
  • goodbye, cruel world
  • grab (someone or something) by the throat
  • grab (something) by the throat
  • grab someone by the throat
  • grab someone/something by the throat
  • grab the bull by its horns
  • grab the bull by the horns
  • grasp (someone or something) by (something)
  • grasp by
  • grow by leaps and bounds
  • hang (on) by a hair
  • hang (someone or oneself) by the neck
  • hang by
  • hang by (something)
  • hang by a hair
  • hang by a nail
  • hang by a thread
  • hang by a thread, to
  • hang by a thread/hair
  • hang by the eyelids
  • hang by the neck
  • hang on
  • hang on by (one's) fingernails
  • hang on by (one's) fingertips
  • hang on by a thread
  • happen by
  • hard by
  • hard done by
  • hard done-by
  • hard on
  • hard to come by
  • has the world by the tail
  • haul (oneself) up by bootstraps
  • have (got) a tiger by the tail
  • have (one) by the balls
  • have (one) by the short and curlies
  • have (someone or something) by the ears
  • have (someone or something) by the tail
  • have (someone) by (something)
  • have (someone) by the short hairs
  • have a bear by the tail
  • have a man by the balls
  • have a tiger by the tail
  • have a wolf by the ears
  • have a/the wolf by the ear(s)
  • have by
  • have one's wits about one, to
  • have passed (someone or something's) sell-by date
  • have passed (someone's or something's) sell-by date
  • have passed your sell-by date
  • have someone by the balls
  • have someone by the short and curlies
  • have someone by the short hairs
  • have something by the ears
  • have the bug
  • have the right sow by the ear
  • have the world by the tail
  • he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
  • he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword
  • highways and byways
  • hit by the stupid stick
  • hit by the ugly stick
  • hit by/with the stupid stick
  • hit by/with the ugly stick
  • hoist by your own petard
  • hoist by/with (one's) own petard
  • hold a wolf by the ears
  • hold an eel by the tail
  • hold by
  • hold by (something)
  • identify (someone or something) by (something)
  • identify by
  • impress by
  • impress by (something)
  • in a class by (one)self
  • in a class by (oneself)
  • in comparison
  • in leaps and bounds
  • in virtue of (something)
  • inch by inch
  • increase (something) by (something)
  • increase by
  • increase by leaps and bounds
  • increment by
  • judge a book by its cover, one can't
  • judging by
  • judging by (something)
  • just getting by
  • justify (something) by (doing something)
  • justify by
  • keep (something) by
  • keep by
  • knee-high by the 4th of July
  • know (someone or something) by name
  • know (someone or something) by sight
  • know (something) by heart
  • know (something) by rote
  • know by
  • know by (something)
  • know by heart
  • know by name
  • know by sight
  • know somebody by sight
  • lay (one) by the heels
  • lay (something) by
  • lay aside
  • lay by
  • lay by the heels
  • lay store by (something or someone)
  • lead (one) (around) by the nose
  • lead by
  • lead by the nose
  • lead by the nose, to
  • lead somebody by the nose
  • lead someone by the nose
  • learn (something) by heart
  • learn by
  • learn by heart
  • learn by rote
  • let (one) by
  • let (one) get by
  • let (one) get by with (something)
  • let (one) go by
  • let (one) pass by
  • let by
  • let get by with
  • let slide by
  • let slip
  • let slip by
  • let the chance slip by
  • little by little
  • live by
  • live by one's wits
  • live by wits
  • live by your wits
  • live by/on (one's) wits
  • live by/on your wits
  • long shot, (not by) a
  • long shot, a
  • lose by
  • make (something) by (one's) own fair hand(s)
  • make a living from
  • make, etc. something by/with your own fair hand
  • man cannot live by bread alone
  • man is known by the company he keeps
  • meals rejected by Ethiopians
  • meals rejected by the enemy
  • mean (something) by (something)
  • mean by
  • miss (something) by a mile
  • miss by a mile
  • month by month
  • more by accident than (by) design
  • more by accident than (by) judgment
  • more by luck than judgment
  • multiply by
  • night and day
  • not by a long chalk
  • not by a long shot
  • not by any means
  • not by any stretch of the imagination
  • not do anything by halves
  • not do things by halves
  • not judge a book by its cover
  • oblige (one) by (doing something)
  • oblige by
  • occupy (someone or oneself) by (doing something)
  • on false pretenses
  • one by one
  • ordeal by fire
  • pale by comparison
  • panic (one) by (doing something)
  • panic by
  • parade by
  • pass (one's) sell-by date
  • pass by
  • pass by on the other side
  • pass your sell-by date
  • pay by
  • piece by piece
  • play by (one's) own rules
  • play by (one's) rules
  • play by ear
  • play by somebody's rules
  • play by the rules
  • play it by ear
  • play it by ear, to
  • play something by ear
  • play-by-play (description)
  • play-by-play description
  • pop around
  • pop by (for a visit)
  • pop in (for a visit)
  • pop over (for a visit)
  • possessed by
  • possessed by (something)
  • preface (something) by (doing something)
  • preface by
  • profit by
  • profit by (something)
  • pull (oneself) up by (one's) (own) bootstraps
  • pull (oneself) up by the bootstraps
  • pull (someone or something) by (something)
  • pull by
  • pull oneself up by bootstraps
  • pull oneself up by the bootstraps
  • pull yourself up by your bootstraps
  • pull yourself up by your own bootstraps
  • punish (someone or oneself) by (doing something)
  • punish by
  • put (something) by
  • put aside
  • put by
  • put off by
  • put store by (something or someone)
  • put upon by
  • put upon by (someone or something)
  • put/set store by something
  • raised by wolves
  • recognize (someone or something) by (something)
  • recognize by
  • reduce (something) by (something)
  • reduce by
  • repay (one) by (doing something)
  • repay by
  • replace (someone or something) by (someone or something)
  • replace by
  • revolted by (someone or something)
  • ride by
  • roll by
  • rose by any other name would smell as sweet
  • rose by any other name, a
  • run (something) by (one)
  • run (something) by (one) again
  • run (something) by (one) one more time
  • run by
  • run by (some place)
  • run by someone
  • satisfy (someone, something, or oneself) by (doing something)
  • satisfy by
  • saved by the bell
  • scrape by
  • seat of one's/the pants, by the
  • seat of the pants, by the
  • sell-by date
  • send (someone or something) by (some means)
  • send by
  • set (someone) by the ears
  • set a great deal by (someone or something)
  • set aside
  • set by
  • set by the ears
  • set great store by
  • set great store by (something or someone)
  • set great store by, to
  • set little by
  • set little by (someone or something)
  • set much by (someone or something)
  • set no store by (something or someone)
  • set store by
  • set store by (something or someone)
  • side by side
  • sit (idly) by
  • sit by
  • sit idly by
  • skin an eel by the tail
  • slide by
  • slip by
  • something to remember (one) by
  • something to remember somebody by
  • speak by the card
  • speed by
  • squeak by
  • squeak through
  • squeeze by
  • squeeze through
  • stand by
  • stand by (one's) guns
  • stand or fall by (something)
  • stand or fall by something
  • stay by
  • stay by (someone or something)
  • step by step
  • step-by-step
  • stick by
  • stick by (one's) guns
  • stick by (someone or something)
  • stop by
  • surprise (one) by (doing) (something)
  • surprise by
  • suspend (someone or something) by (something)
  • suspend by
  • swear by
  • swear by (someone or something)
  • swing by
  • take (one) by surprise
  • take (someone or something) by (something)
  • take (someone, something, or some place) by storm
  • take (something) by the throat
  • take by
  • take by storm
  • take by storm, to
  • take by surprise
  • take somebody by surprise
  • take somebody/something by storm
  • take something by storm
  • take somewhere by storm
  • take the bear by the tooth
  • take the bull by its horns
  • take the bull by the horns
  • take the bull by the horns, to
  • take time by the forelock
  • tell (someone or something) by (something)
  • tell by
  • those who live by the sword, die by the sword
  • tick by
  • tiger by the tail
  • tiger by the tail, to have a
  • too (something) by half
  • too clever by half
  • too clever, quick, etc. by half
  • too something by half
  • touched by
  • touched by (something)
  • touched by, be
  • trail by
  • travel by
  • tree is known by its fruit
  • trial by fire
  • trial by television
  • trial by the media
  • two-by-four
  • under false pretenses
  • use by
  • watch the world go by
  • week by week
  • whip by
  • whiz by
  • win (something) by a hair
  • win (something) by a neck
  • win (something) by a nose
  • win (something) by a whisker
  • win by a neck
  • win by a nose
  • win, lose, etc. by a short head
  • wind up (by) (doing something)
  • without a by your leave
  • without so much as a by-your-leave
  • word by word
  • word of mouth, by
  • words to live by
  • year by year
  • you can't judge a book by its cover
  • you can't tell a book by its cover
  • zip by
  • zoom by