obey
verb
[ ə(ʊ)ˈbeɪ ]
• submit to the authority of (someone) or comply with (a law).
• "I always obey my father"
Similar:
do what someone says,
take/accept orders from,
carry out/follow the orders of,
be dutiful to,
heed,
submit to,
defer to,
be ruled by,
bow to,
give way/in to,
yield to,
surrender to,
truckle to,
comply with,
adhere to,
observe,
abide by,
act in accordance with,
conform to,
respect,
acquiesce in,
consent to,
agree to,
follow,
accept,
keep to,
stick to,
play it by the book,
toe the line,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French obeir, from Latin oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.
