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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
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Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Emigdia	-	Spanish
Len	[len]
Booker	['bukə]
Riley	RIE-lee	English
Ulrik	OOL-rik	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Bolek	BAW-lek	Polish