VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Go by the name

Meaning:

to be known by a specific name, a name that is not your real name.

Examples:

  • I go by the name of phillips, not the other part.
  • And that gentleman thinks he might go by the name of "Beanie".
  • I go by the name of Phillips, not the other part.
  • A lot of people go by the name of Lin
  • And that gentleman thinks he might go by the name of "Beanie".
  • But none of them go by the name Ashley Thomas.
  • And so, he will go by the name of " Uesugi Kenshin."
  • I understand that sometimes you go by the name Sandy.
  • Did you ever go by the name of Colton?
  • I have to go by the name on the license.