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Competitors too cried hoarse saying Uber had been giving the go-by to background checks on the drivers it aggregated through its service.

From Forbes • Dec. 8, 2014

I says what else do you expect except every dam drummer and cheap show that comes to town because even these town jellybeans give her the go-by now.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

I had a young man like that once, but I soon gave him the go-by.

From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton

I mean as I've made up my mind to give him the go-by for you.

From Peccavi by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

“He preached on the Fall,” Elspeth said, “for an hour and twenty-five minutes, but powerful though he was I would rather he had telled us what made him gie the go-by to Ezra.”

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)