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obey English

Meaning obey meaning

What does obey mean?
Definitions in simple English

obey

Obey is to do what a person tells you to do. Soldiers in the army must obey their officers.

obey

be obedient to

Synonyms obey synonyms

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Topics obey topics

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Conjugation obey conjugation

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obey · verb

Examples obey examples

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Simple sentences

You must learn to obey instructions.
We ought to obey the law.
Police dogs are trained to obey without hesitation.
Tom doesn't always obey his parents.
He threatened to kill her if she wouldn't obey him.
The soldiers who didn't obey orders were executed.
Why should we obey them when they lie to us?
We don't have to obey them.
We should obey our parents.
You should obey the traffic laws when you drive.
There is nothing for me to do except to obey the order.
Some soldiers were reluctant to obey the commands.
You should obey your parents.
You have to obey your parents.
We should obey the traffic rules.
You should obey the traffic rules.
Children are to obey their parents.
Is there any reason why I must obey him?
I must request you to obey my orders.
All you have to do is to obey my orders.
There is nothing for you to do but obey the rules.
I refuse to obey you any longer.
We should obey the rules.

Movie subtitles

The lower classes should just obey their betters without any back talk!
There is only one law to obey here and that is mine!
Will you obey my orders?
Obey.
He wants it to be this way and I must obey.
Now, obey.
Did you obey? Yes.
But it's impossible l can't escape. I have to obey it.
Failure to obey is tantamount to treason.
Are you prepared to obey me?
Do you obey orders?
And why should I obey you?
To love him, obey him, worship him and serve and keep him in sickness and in health?
I obey.
You didn't obey His word when you burned our houses, killed our children, raped our women and tortured our leaders!
I obey His will.
Go with my brother Odilon and obey him.
This benefactor of people, he will obey, or woe to him and woe to you all!
I had to obey him or leave.
I tried to obey him, but the man I was to marry was an imposter.
He wouldn't obey either!
She orders and you obey.
And we obey.
Well, Lily. go to church every Sunday, and obey your aunt.
If you don't obey, I'll smash everything.
Refuse to obey her.
You refuse to obey me?
You refuse to obey your mother?
Obey your parents while they're alive!
Remember to obey your teachers at school.
But I suppose we'd better obey them.
Isn't that reason enough for a royal ward who must obey her guardian?
May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, sire!
Children are meant to obey!
Obey! Good for nothing!
If you want any more fat pickings on the shore, just obey orders.
And I always obey orders.

News and current affairs

By contrast, the US has advised American carriers to obey China's prior-notification demand.
Sharon did not obey, pleading communications difficulties while sending as many of his forces as possible across the canal.
Of course, there is a risk that subsidies and lotteries may diminish the moral motivation of citizens to obey tax laws, because compliance becomes conditional on some form of compensation.
Dogs are also more likely to obey a command to leave something desirable alone if their master stays in the room than if he steps out.
Sadr opposes federalism because a Shia regional government would obey his enemies, Sistani and the SCIRI, and, he says, fall under Iranian influence.
It is, of course, valid to require Boris Berezovsky to obey the law but, as so often in Russian history, the cost has become higher than the aim.
They can learn hundreds of signs, and put them together in sentences that obey grammatical rules.
There must be certain accepted rules of the political game that are binding on all, so that whoever does not accept or obey them is disqualified.
There must be accepted rules that are binding on everyone in politics, so that whoever does not accept or obey them is disqualified.
But this can be ruled out in today's Russia, because the instruments to implement it - notably an army that would obey orders to mow people down in the streets - are lacking.
Arafat alone has the power to make everyone obey him, even if he often decides not to exercise this power.
Ten years later, the message remains the same: If you obey your government, your follies (no business in Russia is free of kickbacks and bribes) will be forgiven.
While the former wanted a revolution, the latter demanded only - but no less audaciously - that the authorities obey the law.
The last weeks have seen massive demonstrations, some of them verging on violence; many of the settlers have declared that they will not obey government orders to evacuate.
Meanwhile, many Democrats view their new minority status as a source of relief, as it has removed the pressure to deliver results or obey their party's leaders.
The many parliamentarians to be elected in single-member constituencies are more likely to obey them than Yanukovych.
The ruled, in this ideal system, will naturally obey their rulers, just as sons obey their fathers.

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