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• a baptism by fire
• a camel is a horse designed by a committee
• A good time was had by all
• abide by
• abide by a decision
• accompanied by
• according to all accounts
• all by (one's) lonesome
• all by lonesome
• all cats are grey by night
• all right with one
• at the end of the day
• baptism by fire
• be absorbed by (something)
• be conspicuous by (one's) absence
• be conspicuous by absence
• be hard hit (by something)
• be hoist by own petard
• be hounded (by someone or something)
• be past (the/one's) sell-by date
• be past sell-by date
• be taken by surprise
• be taken in by (someone)
• be taken to task (by someone)
• be taken to the cleaners (by someone)
• be too clever by half
• been getting by
• begin by doing
• benefit by
• bit by bit
• bitten by the same bug
• blow by blow
• blow-by-blow
• blow-by-blow account
• brick by brick
• brush by
• by
• by (one's) lights
• by (one's) own hand
• by a hair
• by a hair's breadth
• by a long chalk
• by a long shot
• by a mile
• by a nose
• by a show of hands
• by a whisker
• by a wide margin
• by accident or design
• by acclamation
• by all accounts
• by all appearances
• by all means
• by all means of
• by all odds
• by and by
• by and large
• by ankle express
• by any chance
• by any means
• by any stretch
• by any stretch of the imagination
• by bootstraps
• by brute strength
• by chance
• by check
• by choice
• by coincidence
• by contraries
• By cracky!
• by day
• by definition
• by degrees
• by design
• by dint of
• by ear
• by fair means or foul
• by far
• by fits and starts
• by force of habit
• by George
• by godfrey
• by guess and by golly
• by guess and by gosh
• by guess or by golly
• by guess or by gosh
• by half
• by halves
• by hand
• by heart
• by hell or high water
• by herself
• by hook or by crook
• by hook or crook
• by inches
• by itself
• by Jove
• by leaps and bounds
• by main strength and awkwardness
• by means of
• by mistake
• by myself
• by nature
• by no means
• by no stretch
• by no stretch of the imagination
• by numbers
• by one's bootstraps
• by one's wits
• by oneself
• by ourselves
• by reason of
• by request
• by return mail and by return post
• by rights
• by rote
• by shank's mare
• by stealth
• by the
• by the back door
• by the board
• by the book
• by the by
• by the bye
• by the day
• by the dozen
• by the dozens
• by the end of the day
• by the grace of God
• by the handful
• by the hour
• by the month
• by the name
• by the nape of the neck
• by the numbers
• by the same token
• by the scruff of (one's)/its/the neck
• by the seat of (one's) pants
• by the seat of pants
• by the short hairs
• by the skin of (one's) teeth
• by the skin of one's teeth
• by the skin of teeth
• by the sweat of brow
• by the sweat of one's brow
• by the thousand
• by the thousands
• by the time
• by the unit
• by the way
• by the week
• by the year
• by themselves
• by trade
• by turns
• by virtue of
• by water
• by way of
• by weight
• by word of mouth
• by yourself
• by yourselves
• call by a name
• catch (someone) by surprise
• cheaper by the dozen
• cheek by jowl
• choked by emotion
• cling on on by fingernails
• cling on on by your fingertips
• close by
• clue-by-four
• come by
• come by honestly
• come home by Weeping Cross
• conspicuous by absence
• conspicuous by its absence
• consumed by desire
• continue by doing
• Could I get by, please?
• creep by
• cruise by
• crushed by
• damn by association
• day by day
• days gone by
• death by spell check
• delight by
• Desires are nourished by delays
• die by
• die by own hand
• divide by
• do anything by halves
• do by
• do by halves
• do right by (someone)
• do somehow by
• do well by doing good
• done by mirrors
• don't judge a book by its cover
• drop by
• drop by (sometime)
• drop by the wayside
• easy to come by
• edge by
• exceed by
• exemplify by
• fall by
• fall by the wayside
• feel hard done-by
• fine by
• fine with me
• fits and starts, by
• fly by
• fly by the seat of (one's) pants
• fly by the seat of pants
• fly-by-night
• for sale by owner
• fucked by the fickle finger of fate
• gain by doing
• get (someone) by the balls
• get along
• get away with
• get burned (by someone)
• get by
• get taken in (by someone or something)
• get taken to task (by someone)
• get taken to the cleaners (by someone)
• get the go-by
• get the worst of it
• give someone the go-by
• give the go-by
• glad you could drop by
• go by
• go by the board
• go by the book
• go by the name of
• go by the wayside
• go-by
• goodbye, cruel world
• grab by the throat
• grab the bull by its horns
• grab the bull by the horns
• grasp by
• grow by leaps and bounds
• hang by
• hang by a hair
• hang by a thread
• hang by the eyelids
• hang by the neck
• hang on
• happen by
• hard by
• hard done-by
• hard on
• has the world by the tail
• haul up by bootstraps
• have (someone or something) by the tail
• have (someone) by the short hairs
• have a man by the balls
• have a tiger by the tail
• have a/the wolf by the ear(s)
• have by
• have by the balls
• have by the short and curlies
• have someone by the balls
• have someone by the short hairs
• have the world by the tail
• hit by the stupid stick
• hit by the ugly stick
• hoist by (one's) own petard
• hoist by your own petard
• hold a wolf by the ears
• hold an eel by the tail
• hold by
• How's by you?
• I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls
• identify by
• impress by
• in a class by
• in a class by (one)self
• inch by inch
• increase by
• increase by leaps and bounds
• increment by
• judge a book by its cover, one can't
• judging by
• just getting by
• justify by
• keep by
• knee-high by the 4th of July
• know by
• know by heart
• know by name
• know by sight
• lay aside
• lay by
• lay by the heels
• lay store by (something or someone)
• lead (one) around by the nose
• lead by
• lead by the nose
• learn by
• learn by heart
• learn by rote
• let by
• let get by with
• let slide by
• let slip
• let slip by
• let the chance slip by
• little by little
• live by
• live by one's wits
• Live by the sword, die by the sword
• live by wits
• long shot, a
• lose by
• make a living from
• Man cannot live by bread alone
• Man does not live by bread alone
• man is known by the company he keeps
• meals rejected by Ethiopians
• mean by
• miss by a mile
• month by month
• more by accident than design
• more by luck than judgement
• multiply by
• night and day
• not by a long chalk
• not by a long shot
• not by any means
• not by any stretch
• not judge a book by its cover
• oblige by
• one by one
• ordeal by fire
• pale by comparison
• panic by
• parade by
• pass by
• pass by on the other side
• pay by
• piece by piece
• play by ear
• play it by ear
• play-by-play description
• pop around
• pop by (for a visit)
• pop over (for a visit)
• possessed by
• preface by
• profit by
• pull by
• pull oneself up by bootstraps
• pull oneself up by the bootstraps
• pull yourself up by your bootstraps
• punish by
• put aside
• put by
• put off by
• put store by (something or someone)
• put upon by
• raised by wolves
• recognize by
• reduce by
• repay by
• replace by
• ride by
• roll by
• rose by any other name would smell as sweet
• run by
• run by someone
• Run that by again
• Run that by me again
• Run that by me one more time
• Run that by one more time
• satisfy by
• saved by the bell
• scrape by
• seat of the pants, by the
• sell-by date
• send by
• set (someone) by the ears
• set aside
• set by
• set great store by
• set no store by (something or someone)
• set store by
• side by side
• sit by
• sit idly by
• skin an eel by the tail
• slide by
• slip by
• speak by the card
• speed by
• squeak by
• squeeze by
• squeeze through
• stand by
• stand by (one's) guns
• stand or fall by
• stay by
• step by step
• step-by-step
• stick by
• stick by (one's) guns
• stick to guns
• stop by
• surprise by
• suspend by
• swear by
• swing by
• take by
• take by storm
• take by surprise
• take by the throat
• take the bear by the tooth
• take the bull by its horns
• take the bull by the horns
• take time by the forelock
• tell by
• those who live by the sword, die by the sword
• through the back door
• tick by
• tiger by the tail
• too clever by half
• touched by
• touched by, be
• trail by
• travel by
• tree is known by its fruit
• trial by fire
• two-by-four
• use by
• week by week
• whip by
• whiz by
• win by a nose
• without a by your leave
• without so much as a by-your-leave
• word by word
• word of mouth, by
• words to live by
• year by year
• You can't judge a book by its cover
• you can't tell a book by its cover
• zip by
• zoom by