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BY adjective (of a telphone line) busy US, 1968
idiombyby and byold-fashioned fairly soon:We're improving already, and we're hoping to do better by and by.by and largeused in order to say that something is generally true in a particular situation:By and large, the more questions you ask in a survey, the less polite people tend to be.You start, by and large, with the story, the headline, the picture, and then you expand.by the byold-fashioned used in order to mention something that may be interesting but not very important:By the by, I got a letter from Charlotte last week.Note by the way is a more modern idiom that means the same thing.
See:- (all) done by mirrors
- (I'm) (so) glad you could drop by
- (whether) by accident or design
- a blow-by-blow account
- a blow-by-blow account, description, etc.
- a camel is a horse designed by a committee
- A good time was had by all
- 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
- 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 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 bit
- bitten by the same bug
- blow by blow
- blow-by-blow
- blow-by-blow account
- 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 (oneself)
- by a canvas
- by a hair
- by a hair/whisker
- by a hair's breadth
- by a long chalk
- by a long shot
- 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 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 George
- 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 Jove
- 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 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
- Can I get by, please?
- 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 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)
- Could I get by, please?
- 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 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
- done by mirrors
- don't judge a book by its cover
- 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
- for sale by owner
- from the look(s) of it/things
- gain (something) by (doing something)
- gain by doing
- 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 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 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
- 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 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)
- How's by you?
- I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls
- identify (someone or something) by (something)
- identify by
- impress by
- impress by (something)
- in a class by (one)self
- 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
- just getting by
- justify by
- keep by
- knee-high by the 4th of July
- know (someone or something) by sight
- know (something) by heart
- know by
- 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 the sword, die by the sword
- live by wits
- live by your wits
- live by/on (one's) wits
- live by/on your wits
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