obey

/oʊˈbeɪ/ v [I/T]

Definition

› to do what you are told or expected to do according to someone in authority or a rule or law: [I] The toddler refused to obey. [T] Residents are expected to obey the house rules.

(Definition of obey v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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