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by

Main Entry:: ¹by
Function:: adverb
Language:: English

1 near : cerca <he lives close by : vive muy cerca> 2 to stop by : pasar por casa, hacer una visita 3 to go by : pasar <they rushed by : pasaron corriendo> 4 to put by : reservar, poner a un lado 5 by and by : poco después, dentro de poco 6 by and large : en general

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