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"ref": "2007 August 5, Sunday Mail",
"text": "Sliding Cube was taken on in front at Randwick and a couple of runners gave her the ‘go by’ when the field straightened.",
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"To leave behind, outdistance."
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"(transitive, now rare) To leave behind, outdistance."
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"ref": "1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson",
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"To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore."
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"To snub (someone); to end a relationship."
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