go past


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Synonyms for go past

be superior or better than some standard

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And indicative of a new style under Silva is that Gueye and Michael Keane, second and third for Everton in passes made this season, are also on course to go past last season's high of 1,566.
'The CAT service will go past important points such as hospitals, schools, government offices, shopping centres, markets and colleges or universities,' he said when announcing this at the Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng's office today.
RUN A course about URANUS i'VE been sitting out in the SUN looking at VENUS SAM always stressed the R in MARS he TURNS in A circle mimicking the rings of SATURN a NUN showed PETE the planet NEPTUNE WORD GROUPS NOT LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF WORDS COLOURS there is NO GEAR in the ORANGE car the OWL flew along the LEY line which was painted YELLOW REG, from the N.E., looked ill and had turned GREEN I saw the INDI car GO past as a streak of INDIGO we LOVE IT, that shade of VIOLET REG drinks GIN with his GINGER ale the colour of the CAP HE bought was a horrible PEACH!
"It was very important (to go past that Sotomayor barrier)," he later told Gulf Times in an e-mail.
www.firstclassfever.com IT'S been a few weeks coming but to finally go past the record I wanted at Trent Bridge on Wednesday was a great feeling mixed with a touch of relief.
The England captain needs just 32 more runs in the second Investec Test which starts at Headingley today to go past his mentor's 8,900, and admits it will be a strange experience to statistically exceed the man who has helped mould his career since he was a schoolboy.
Because it's the hardest thing to do I believe, to actually go past people, you've got to be positive, you've got to be mentally strong, you've got to be brave, mentally and physically brave."
I loved watching the trams and buses go past on the prom (which meant my mum and dad could relax for a bit).
"That's just how the game goes - tomorrow morning we could go past the edge a couple of times and they might nick it."1 Meanwhile, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland is seeking clarification from the International Cricket Council over the DRS procedure which resulted in Usman Khawaja's dismissal.
At this rate, the Windows 8 store is estimated to go past 30,000 mark by end of this year or may close in on 40,000 apps.
Chalfont goalkeeper Michael Power-Simpson had to scramble the ball clear on 75 minutes after a wayward header from his own side's Daniel Hughes and four minutes from time Joe Leahy found himself through on goal only to go past goalkeeper Power-Simpson and then find the side netting.
"Our main aim was to get enough points to go past the leaders [Qatar Team] last week.
"There was a throw-in and I let the ball go past me into the box.