Meanings
verbgo by the name of (third-person singular simple present goes by the name of, present participle going by the name of, simple past went by the name of, past participle gone by the name of)
present singular third person goes by the name of · participle present going by the name of · past went by the name of · participle past gone by the name of
- To call oneself; to use as a name, especially a moniker or nickname.
Beside me is an affable young man who goes by the name of Haz.
2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2018
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