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

But she’s so loaded, she doesn’t abide by existing train schedules and surprises them all by stopping a train that is supposed to bypass the town.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The U.K. government said in a statement that it is ensuring online platforms abide by British law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

A UK government spokesperson said: "We expect all foreign diplomats in the UK to abide by our laws, in the same way we expect all UK diplomats to do so when posted overseas."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The long answer is that you must abide by the “deemed-filing rule.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Barack was too earnest, too full of valiant plans, in my opinion, to abide by the hardscrabble, drag-it-out rancor that went on inside the domed capitol downstate in Springfield.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama