English · Idiom Candidate

go by the board

Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Rejected.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

bị từ chối

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

Got local advantage to them but that never used to happen okay so why is it happening now?

I welcome the hon. Lady to the Opposition Front - Bench team.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “go by the board” mean?

Rejected.

Is “go by the board” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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