Definition of by George

by George

interjection

• general exclamation.

                                                                                                                
  
                                             
  
  Citation from Flashman in the Great Game, George MacDonald Fraser, 1975 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  By George, I think we are going to win!

  Last edited on Apr 23 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 18 2010.

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5 by 5	Definitions include: See five by five.
BTW	Definitions include: acronym for "by the way".
by and by	Definitions include: eventually.
by (one's) lonesome	Definitions include: by oneself.
by the book	Definitions include: strictly following procedure.
by the skin of (one's) teeth	Definitions include: narrowly.
drive-by	Definitions include: an execution carried out with firearms shot from a moving vehicle.
eaten by snakes	Definitions include: something disappeared under unknown circumstances.
five by five	Definitions include: fine, good, okay.
fly-by-night	Definitions include: adjective.
have by the short hairs	Definitions include: to catch or trap a person in a difficult situation.
have by the throat	Definitions include: to have the advantage in a situation.
have the world by the balls	Definitions include: to be in a very good position in life, business, etc.
live life by the drop	Definitions include: To live with the present being the most important; to live a dream or to understand the unchanging world, so to speak.
not by a long shot	Definitions include: it is usually defined as "definitely not, no way etc."
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Other terms relating to 'george':
george	Definitions include: a girl's period.
real George	Definitions include: Rather antiquated expressions meaning 'Great!'; 'Super!', 'Wonderful!'

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