go past

To move beyond a person, place, or thing.

• Go past the shop and turn right.
• The bus went past our house.
• Did you go past the station on your way here?

How to use it: go past someone/something (Go past the bank and turn left.)

Similar words: pass, go by

Common phrases: go past something, go past someone, go past school

If time does this, it passes.

• The hours went past quickly.
• Three weeks have gone past since we last spoke.
• Time goes past slowly when you are waiting for news.

Similar words: pass, go by, elapse

Common phrases: hours go past, years go past

To exceed a limit or continue beyond an allowed point.

• Do not go past the agreed limit.
• Their spending went past the budget by ten thousand pounds.
• The discussion has gone past the boundaries we set.

How to use it: go past a limit (We cannot go past our spending limit.)

Similar words: exceed, overstep, go beyond

Common phrases: go past limits, go past something