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by numbers

by numbers is the alternative form of by the numbers.

Meaning of by the numbers

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way.

Questions about by numbers

What is by numbers the alternative form of?
By numbers is the alternative form of by the numbers.

Words near by numbers in the dictionary

  1. by no means
  2. by no stretch
  3. by no stretch of imagination
  4. by no stretch of the imagination
  5. by now
  6. by numbers
  7. by one's lights
  8. by one's lonesome
  9. by one's own hand
  10. by oneself
  11. by owner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by numbers (page history and authors); by the numbers (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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