A) ultimately, what really matters is, fundamentally, at all
Example> Then I looked more closely and by gum , found a rainbow lurking in the mist ahead.
Example> But what he was really good at was machines. By gum, he could make them go! He loved anything mechanical, did Walter.
Example> If he were elected , by gum , things would be different
B) in general
Example> When we produce reporters who purport to be devoted to balance and impartiality , by gum , they deliver just that.
Other usages:
"By love, by gum"
"Eat bone by gum"
All examples are not artificial but real life usage from corpus of English (Corpus Of Contempory American English)
by gum, you'd figure it out, by yourself
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