What does passer-by mean?
Passer-by means A person who is passing by (that is, walking past)..
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/ˈpɑː.sə.baɪ/ · noun
A person who is passing by (that is, walking past)..
When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.
With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
Use passer-by when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Passer-by means A person who is passing by (that is, walking past)..
Common synonyms include passer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.
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