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- 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
- zip by
- zoom by