go by sth

— Phrasal Verb with go

/gəʊ/ verb [I] (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

› to use information about something to help you make a decision about the best thing to do: You can't go by anything she says.

(Definition of go by sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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