let it go by
Example Sentences
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Crawford didn’t let it go by this time, clubbing it over the wall in right just minutes after the roof had finished closing.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024
“We can’t just let it go by the wayside,” said Kirkpatrick.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
“In training, they tell you that if you can’t get to the turkey, just let it go by, because you can injure yourself with the knife,” he says.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2016
“It was like, ‘After everything we’ve gone through, it would be a shame to just let it go by and not have a positive effect.’ ”
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2014
I was just leaving the stile; yet, as the path was narrow, I sat still to let it go by.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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