abide by

Idioms  

1. Accept and act in accordance with a decision or set of rules; also, remain faithful to. For example, All members must agree to abide by the club regulations, or A trustworthy man abides by his word. An older sense of the verb abide, “remain,” is still familiar in the well-known 19th-century hymn “Abide with Me,” which asks God to stay with the singer in time of trouble. [Early 1500s]

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abide by

In order for the plan to work, all sororities would have to abide by it, Cutforth reckoned, and so the vote would have to be unanimous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"They have lost twice in the high court, twice in the court of appeal - how many times do we need to beat them before they will abide by the law?"

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

McKinsey’s Kelkar called it “impossible” to abide by the FCC’s restrictions without onshoring actuator manufacturing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Candidates would have to abide by certain expenditure limits and follow strict criteria.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“They will abide by the law. They will bring her to trial, I suppose. If she can prove herself innocent she is safe enough.”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

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