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gave by

gave by is the simple past of give by.

Meaning of give by

Verb

give by (third-person singular simple present gives by, present participle giving by, simple past gave by, past participle given by)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) to stand aside

Questions about gave by

What is gave by the simple past of?
Gave by is the simple past of give by.

Words near gave by in the dictionary

  1. gave back
  2. gave battle
  3. gave birth
  4. gave blood
  5. gave brain
  6. gave by
  7. gave chase
  8. gave credit
  9. gave curry
  10. gave dap
  11. gave dome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gave by (page history and authors); give by (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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