By hook or by crook. Somehow or other, one way or other, in one way or another, some means or other.
By one’s self.
- 1. Alone, solitary.
- 2. Alone, by one’s own powers, without help, without assistance, without aid, out of one’s own head.
By-path, n.
- 1. By-way, side-path.
- 2. Private way, secret path, devious way, indirect course, crooked means.
By-place, n. Retired place, out-of-the-way place.
By-purpose, n. See by-end.
By-road, n. Private road, unfrequented road.
By-room, n. Private room. See cabinet.
By rote. Mechanically, perfunctorily, parrot-like, by mere repetition, without any exercise of the understanding, with no attention to the meaning.
Bystander, n. Spectator, looker-on.
By stealth. Secretly, clandestinely.
By the board. Overboard, over the side.
By the bye. In passing, en passant, apropos of the matter in hand, by the way.
By the job. At a stipulated price (for the whole job), by contract.
By the strike. By the level measure.
By the way. See by the bye.
By-way, n. By-path, private way, side-path, secluded road, out-of-the-way path.
Byword, n.
- 1. Saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, sententious precept.
- 2. Object of contempt, mark for scorn.
- 3. Slang, cant term.