passerby
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈpæsərˌbaɪ/
- US
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transeúnte
- How would it look if a passerby saw them come in and reported it to your superior officer?
- passerby asks
It's the right thing for me to do to this person, not to just any random passerby.
- It's the right thing for me to do to this person, not to just any random passerby.
- But a duty to rescue does impute a duty on you as a passerby to actually intervene.
- It might have just been a random passerby.
- The realisation that each passerby is living a life as vivid as your own.
- I lean in an l-shaped posture over the counter, flat back rump displayed to any passerby, blood dripping down the backs of my thighs.
Examples
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A few empty automobiles were parked along the curb, and there was an occasional passerby.
Fiction book (1998) -
The horse had been seen by a passerby lying in the same spot for two days.
Blog text (17) -
I thought you were just some innocent passerby.
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Most clubs also lack front windows through which a curious passerby might peer inside.
Academic text (1998) -
From the outside, a passerby would never know this sanctuary existed.
Fiction book (2000) -
When he was out of change, he stopped a passerby and mimed his need for more.
Fiction book (1990) -
After a while, a passerby gave her a few pesos.
Fiction book (1999) -
But a duty to rescue does impute a duty on you as a passerby to actually intervene.
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"Good to see you smiling, General Lee, sir," a friendly passerby said, tipping his stovepipe hat.
Fiction book (1992) -
As she was walking home, a passerby kindly offered to help carry her groceries.
Synonyms
100
1.6
A person who is walking near a road or street
7
4.9
A person who walks past a place, often by chance
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3.6
A person who is walking past a place by chance
A person who walks past a place
How Curious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Passerby comes from the simple parts pass ('to go past') and by ('near' or 'along'). So, a passerby is someone who 'goes past' a place and is used for a person who happens to be there by chance.