Sliding Cube was taken on in front at Randwick and a couple of runners gave her the ‘go by’ when the field straightened.
(transitive) To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore. [from 17th c.]
John Wilson
[T]hey express sweetly enough some natural sentiments,—and what more would you have in a song? You have had far more in some songs to which we have given the go-by[…]