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• noun 1 the transfer of a competitor directly to the next round of a competition because they have no opponent assigned to them. 2 Cricket a run scored from a ball that passes the batsman without being hit. — PHRASES by the bye variant spelling of by the by (see BY). — ORIGIN originally denoting an incidental matter; from BY.
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