abide by »
To accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it; to conform to; to acquiesce; as, to abide by an award.
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according to »
According to him, every person was to be bought. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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according to »
According to the directions, the glue takes 24 hours to dry.
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according to »
Based on what is said or stated.
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according to »
In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion.
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according to »
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. - Thomas Sprat.
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according to Hoyle »
In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner.
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at heart »
In spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, really, fundamentally.
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below the belt »
Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules.
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bridge »
A statement, such as an offer, that signals a possibility of accord.
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by one's lights »
According to one's understanding.
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cut one's coat according to one's cloth »
Live according to your means.
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in order »
In accordance with the procedural rules governing formal meetings of a deliberative body.
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on high »
"According to those on high there is no global warming".
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on the same wavelength »
In rapport or complete accord.
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on the straight and narrow »
Honest; proceeding according to rules and plans.
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pan out »
To succeed; to proceed according to plan; to result or end up.
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play it by ear »
To play a song according to how it sounds, rather than from a written score.
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screw back »
To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
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set in one's ways »
Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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