past : Idioms & Phrases

By"-past adjective

Definitions

1. Past; gone by. "By-past perils." Shak.

Webster 1913

• noun the oppressive influence of past events or decisions
  mortmain; dead hand.
  

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• an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded.

Webster 1913

• verb move past
  travel by; pass by; go by; surpass; pass.
  
  • A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window
  • He passed his professor in the hall
  • One line of soldiers surpassed the other
• verb be superior or better than some standard
  transcend; exceed; top; overstep; pass.
  
  • She exceeded our expectations
  • She topped her performance of last year

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• noun someone who was formerly a master
  
• noun someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
  

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• . See under Master.

Webster 1913

• noun a participle that expresses completed action
  perfect participle.
  

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  past perfect; pluperfect tense; pluperfect.
  
  • `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect

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• noun a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past
  past perfect; pluperfect tense; pluperfect.
  
  • `I had finished' is an example of the past perfect

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• noun a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
  past progressive.
  
  • `I had been running' is an example of the past progressive

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• noun a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past
  past progressive.
  
  • `I had been running' is an example of the past progressive

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• noun a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past
  past.
  

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• noun the time that has elapsed
  past; yesteryear.
  
  • forget the past

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