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Exit

cross that bridge when you come to it

idiom/krɔs ðæt brɪdʒ wɛn ju kʌm tu ɪt/

to deal with a problem only when it arises

Let’s cross that bridge when we come to it instead of worrying now.

word origin — From a Longfellow poem (1851) — there's no point worrying about a future bridge until you actually arrive at it.