To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, by.
To leave a place, or a gathering, without being noticed.
To die peacefully.
To pass quickly, almost unnoticed.
To disappear; to elude one; to recede; to dwindle.