(n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication.
(n.) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye.
(n.) A dwelling.
(n.) In certain games, a station or place of an individual player.
Example Sentences:
(1) • The Kansas City Chiefs remain undefeated as they head into their bye week, moving to 9-0 with a victory in Buffalo.
(2) Even Ed Miliband had a polite pause before the assault, but now they are more crassly brutal than ever: “Red and Buried” (Daily Mail); “Bye, Bye Labour” (Express); “Leader Nightmare” (Sun); “Death of Labour” (Telegraph).
(3) With the win, Carolina clinched both the NFC South title as well as the second seed in the conference, giving them a bye week and guaranteeing them home field advantage in their first postseason game.
(4) Someone once said that the best Raymond Chandler novel is the first one you read, because between the debut of Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep (1939) and his last significant appearance in The Long Good-bye (1953), the books are pretty even in quality and there's nothing quite like the initial impact of Chandler's style, Marlowe's company and their colourful southern California locale.
(5) "I'll be happy if I can get to 84, and then just say: 'Bye-bye.'"
(6) Rival internet service provider BT submitted a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about one of the TV ads, which featured Bolt promising that customers could say "bye-bye to buffering and hello to a superfast broadband".
(7) Bye then went on to argue that given “the absolute dearth of information Missouri has disclosed to this court, the ‘pharmacy’ on which Missouri relies could be nothing more than a high school chemistry class.” He added: “I once again fear Missouri elevates the ends over the means in its rush to execute Taylor.” Bye’s dissent was backed by two other judges on the appeals court.
(8) When each interaction with a grandchild or good-bye kiss to a spouse may be the last, a sense of poignancy may permeate even the most casual everyday experiences.
(9) The Everly Brothers' breakthrough hit was Bye Bye Love (1957), still regarded as one of their most impressive creations.
(10) Photograph: Jason Bye Wayne Lawrence, from Norfolk bought a Mercedes in 2003 and insured it through Mercedes-Benz.
(11) But we fear some evil spirit might take hold of the British, and that in the referendum they will say “bye” to the EU.
(12) I don't think people realise what it's like to say to your family and friends, 'Right, good-bye, I'll see you in two months'."
(13) Our jury gave Rasoulof the director's prize for his anguished film Good-Bye, and I'm very proud of this.
(14) So I invited my friends to my "Bye Bye Boobies" Party.
(15) Our jury prize went to the Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev 's gripping drama Elena, while the director's prize went to Iranian film-maker and campaigner Mohammad Rasoulof for his courageous movie Good Bye.
(16) The truth is, you don’t really need to … Okay, gotta go, bye.
(17) From 1957 the plangent voices of the Everly Brothers rang out to herald the birth of the rock'n'roll age in America, with songs such as Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love, Cathy's Clown and All I Have to Do Is Dream.
(18) Bye bye, Boris, the man who wouldn’t clear up his own mess | Marina Hyde Read more But in hindsight, the Machiavellian move was perhaps not totally unpredictable.
(19) 4.36pm BST Oh no he didn't … Kristof Terreur (@HLNinEngeland) Bye bye Afro.
(20) I guarantee if I go on a mission those little fuckers are going bye-bye.” At their next meeting, in August, the group decided on their final target, a converted apartment that serves as a community mosque, embedded in the heart of a complex populated entirely by refugees.
Walkover
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Carswell is not taking anything for granted, despite his former Tory colleague David Davis saying the seat would be a Ukip walkover, and a Lord Ashcroft poll putting the party on 56%, 32 points ahead of the Tories, for whom Carswell retained his seat at the last general election with 53% of the vote.
(2) But a habit of skipping over legitimate fights for walkovers like Andre Berto, while perhaps shrewd within a long-term business plan, will further water down a legacy that was already in question, at least in terms of the historical greatness he so passionately self-ascribes.
(3) During the front and back walkovers and during the back handspring, maximum lumbar hyperextension occurred very close to the time that impact force was sustained by either the hands or the feet.
(4) The opinion polls are showing that the greater the sense of choice the voters have the more the next election becomes a contest and not a walkover for the Tories."
(5) Chile walked off the pitch and refused to return, in "fear" for their "safety", and demanded they be awarded a walkover victory; Fifa were not fooled, booted Chile out of both 1990 and 1994 World Cups and banned Rojas and his accomplices from the game for life (more detail here ).
(6) As for the odds; I think Villa will give us a game and this won't be a walkover.
(7) This time, they played as though affronted by the suggestion it would be a walkover for the continent's reigning champions.
(8) So, even on this core issue, Romney doesn't get a walkover.
(9) This was a walkover undertaken, for the most part, at a stroll.
(10) "And when we sprouted up and made all the noise we possibly could, I think they realised it wasn't going to be as big a walkover as they'd expected."
(11) But it was clear this would not be another walkover for the governing party when Buhari won Ogun and Kogi, both formerly loyal to the PDP.
(12) Wilder stressed during the post-fight press conference he had no plans of skipping his mandatory defense against Alexander Povetkin, easily the best opponent he’s been in with and hardly a walkover, but would gladly meet Fury afterward and travel to do it.
(13) The skills performed were the front walkover, the back walkover, and the front handspring, the back handspring, and the handspring vault.
(14) But it soon became apparent this would not be the walkover that football's World Cup casuals, the folk who swallow the myth of joga bonito every four years, had assumed.
(15) Of the skills examined, the handspring vault produced the highest vertical and lateral impact forces, and the back handspring and back walkover required the greatest amounts of lumbar hyperextension.
(16) Celtic were beaten 6-1 on aggregate in the third qualifying round but, because the Polish champions fielded the ineligible Bartosz Bereszynski as a substitute in the second leg, Ronny Deila’s side were handed a 3-0 walkover win and therefore progressed on away goals.