abide by

VERB
  1. act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
    abide by the rules
    He complied with my instructions
    Follow these simple rules
    You must comply or else!
  2. show respect towards
    honor your parents!
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How To Use abide by In A Sentence

  • If you know that, and contract a goblin craftsman, you should probably expect to abide by that concept. A very unsatisfying answer « Love | Peace | Ohana
  • The Supreme Court has directed the State Governments and Union Territories to abide by the norms.
  • It surely cannot happen since our laws specifically forbid it and anyone who chooses to come to live here must abide by our laws. The Sun
  • It surely cannot happen since our laws specifically forbid it and anyone who chooses to come to live here must abide by our laws. The Sun
  • The only people who had to abide by any duty of standing with their lord were the warriors as can be seen by the account of the Battle of Maldon.
  • With hair, you've got to abide by the laws more. Times, Sunday Times
  • When all is said and done, what we are up against is every man's reluctance to do his duty, to abide by the dictates of society.
  • All patients must abide by a vigorous oral care routine including either clotrimazole or nystatin, both of which are anti-fungal agents.
  • It is not acceptable to announce repeatedly to the world that we don't torture, that we abide by all our treaty obligations, and that we treat detainees "humanely" -- only to engage in secret waterboarding and hypothermia, based on equally secret legal determinations that construe the words "torture" and "humane" in an Orwellian fashion, that diminish treaty obligations down to nothing, and that assert a right of the President to ignore all statutory limits. Balkinization
  • Stomach churner: Brussel sprouts thanks to the Mom-imposed Scarsdale diet that the whole family had to abide by. A humble spork, but 'tis mine own
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