go by sth
— phrasal verb with go uk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/verb present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone
(FOLLOW)
to follow something or be shown the way by something:
I'm sorry, madam, but we have to go by the rules.
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Pursuing
- be hot on sb's track/trail idiom
- be on sb's tail idiom
- bear
- bear down on sb/sth
- bring
- bring up the rear idiom
- convoy
- heel
- hot
- in hot pursuit idiom
- on the scent idiom
- pursue
- pursuer
- pursuit
- run
- scent
- stalk
- tag
- tailgate
- track
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(BASE)
to base an opinion, decision, or judgment on something:
What do you go by when you're deciding whether or not to employ someone?
Going by what she said yesterday, I would say she's about to resign.
If past experience is anything to go by, he'll completely ignore our suggestions and then change his mind at the last minute.
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- investigate
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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