to do what you are told or expected to do:
[VN] to obey a command / an order / rules / the law * He had always obeyed his parents without question. * (figurative) I tried to run but my legs just wouldn't obey me. * [V] 'Sit down!' Meekly, she obeyed.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for obey is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is obey a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, obey is tagged as verb.
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