go past

Leave something behind

Go past means to move beyond something in space or time.

You go past a house when you walk by it: We went right past the turn.

Time goes past when it elapses: The hours went past quickly.

To go past can also mean to exceed a limit: The bidding went past what I could afford.

overtake

pass

Move beyond or decline

accelerateIncrease in velocity
speedRate of motion
outpaceExceed in velocity

zoom · whizz · dash · sprint · race · chase · pursue · maneuver · edge · nudge

temporal

elapse

Of duration, to pass

expireCease to be valid
lapseBrief failure or expiration
passMove beyond or decline

slip away · fly by · fade · recede · vanish · disappear · drift away · slip by · melt away

surpass

exceed

Go past a limit

transcendGo beyond limits
eclipseCelestial body blocks another
outdoExceed in achievement

outperform · outshine · excel · better · top · beat · best · outclass · overcome · prevail

spatial

pass by

Move past without stopping

proceedMove forward, continue
continueGo on without stopping
advanceMove or progress forward

cross · traverse · navigate

Opposites

motion continuation vs. stopping

go paststop

Cease all motion

come to a stop · pull over · brake · stand still · come to rest

bypassing vs. engaging

go pastenter

Pass into a space

go into · go in · turn into · pull into · visit

temporal direction

go pastgo back to

Move toward again

precede · come before · fall back

Family

go, past, gone, passing, pasture, passed, pastime, ongoing, undergo

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