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toeing the line

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Main Entry: toe the line
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obey the rules

Synonyms:

adhere to rules, come to heel, conform, fall in, fall in line, follow the book, stay in line, toe the mark
Main Entry: conform
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: adjust, adapt

Synonyms:

accommodate, attune, be guided by, clean up act, comply, coordinate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, fall in with, fit, follow, follow beaten path, follow the crowd, go by the book, go with the flow, harmonize, integrate, keep, make room, meet halfway, mind, move over, obey, observe, play the game, proportion, quadrate, reconcile, reconciliate, roll with punches, run with the pack, shape up, square, straighten up, suit, tailor, tailor-make, toe the line, tune, yield

Antonyms:

differ, fight, refuse
Main Entry: heed
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give care, thought to

Synonyms:

attend, baby-sit, be aware, be guided by, bear in mind, catch, consider, dig*, do one's bidding, follow, follow orders, get a load of, give ear, hark, hear, hearken, keep eye peeled, keep tabs, listen, mark, mind, mind the store, note, obey, observe, pay attention, pick up, regard, ride herd on, see, sit, spot, stay in line, take notice of, take to heart, toe the line, watch, watch one's step, watch out, watch over, watch the store

Antonyms:

disregard, ignore, neglect, overlook
Main Entry: mind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be careful

Synonyms:

be cautious, be concerned, be on guard, be solicitous, be wary, have a care, mind one's p's and q's, take care, tend, toe the line, trouble, watch, watch one's step, watch out
Main Entry: obey
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conform, give in

Synonyms:

abide by, accede, accept, accord, acquiesce, act upon, adhere to, agree, answer, assent, be loyal to, be ruled by, bow to, carry out, comply, concur, discharge, do as one says, do one's bidding, do one's duty, do what is expected, do what one is told, embrace, execute, follow, fulfill, get in line, give way, heed, hold fast, keep, knuckle under, live by, mind, observe, perform, play second fiddle, respond, serve, submit, surrender, take orders, toe the line

Antonyms:

disobey, mutiny, rebel
Main Entry: submit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: comply, endure

Synonyms:

abide, accede, acknowledge, acquiesce, agree, appease, be submissive, bend, bow, buckle, capitulate, cave, cede, concede, defer, eat crow, fold, give away, give ground, give in, give way, go with the flow, grin and bear it, humor, indulge, knuckle, knuckle under, kowtow, lay down arms, obey, put up with, quit, relent, relinquish, resign oneself, say uncle, stoop, succumb, surrender, throw in the towel, toe the line, tolerate, truckle, withstand, yield

Antonyms:

disobey, fight, resist
Main Entry: yield
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grant, allow

Synonyms:

accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree, assent, bow, break, comply, concede, concur, consent, defer, fail, fit in, go along with, go with the flow, permit, play the game, surrender, toe the line, toe the mark, waive

Antonyms:

counter, disallow, disapprove, veto
Related Words
Main Entry: heed
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
absorbed, alive to, askance, attentive, audient, awake to, beseeching, breathless, cognizant, come, distraught, engaged in, engrossed in, excubant, expergefacient, fleeting, furtive, intent on, levisomnous, measured, mindful, observant, observing, occupied with, on the watch, open, rapt, regardant, regardful, steadfast, taken up with, undistracted, upon the stretch, vultured, watchful, wrapped in
Main Entry: mind
Part of Speech: noun, verb
Related
Adjectives:
self, branular, cacophrenic, cerebral, conative, endowed with reason, ghostly, hyperactive, ideogenous, immaterial, intellectual, mental, meshuge, metaphysical, multanimous, nooscopic, philonoetic, preconscious, primal, psychagogic, psychal, psychical, psychogenic, psychological, psychotropic, rational, spirituel, strung, subjective, subliminal, unbalanced, unstable, wud
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