| Falls in line, so to speak |
New York Times Mini |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Does as told (5) |
Mirror Classic |
17 Dec 2025 |
| Does as directed |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Heeds |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Nov 2025 |
| Follows |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
15 Oct 2025 |
| Does as told |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Follows nothing once leaving Beyoncé with son |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 Sep 2025 |
| Follows orders |
New York Times |
25 Aug 2025 |
| Follows instructions, say |
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| Follows instructions |
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| What a good dog does |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2025 |
| Follows orders |
USA Today |
05 Aug 2025 |
| Does as told (5) |
Mirror Classic |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Does as told by former schoolfellow? Yes, in a way (5) |
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| Complies with |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Follows bad boys conserving energy |
The Sun Two Speed |
10 Jul 2025 |
| Goes along |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Follows orders |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Jul 2025 |
| Complies with |
The Times Concise |
21 Jun 2025 |
| Does as told with former schoolman - yes, awkwardly (5) |
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| Wins Simon Says, for example |
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| Complies with order before every year starts, initially (5) |
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| Follows orders |
Commuter |
13 May 2025 |
| Follows orders |
Thomas Joseph |
10 May 2025 |
| Ex-schoolfellow disturbed, yes, but follows orders (5) |
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| Follows a command |
USA Today |
06 May 2025 |
| Falls into line |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Follows command from old governor and head of state (5) |
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| Does as one's told in the stalls between N & P sections, reportedly (5) |
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| Follows orders |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Follows orders |
USA Today |
10 Mar 2025 |
| Complies with (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
18 Jan 2025 |
| Does as told |
Commuter |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Does as told |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2024 |
| Complies with order, knocking stuffing out of yobs (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
26 Dec 2024 |
| Follows orders |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Complies with |
USA Today |
24 Dec 2024 |
| Conforms: - the rules |
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| Follows orders, say |
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| Does as instructed |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Does as one is told (5) |
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| Follows orders |
USA Today |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Be soy (anag) (5) |
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| Confirm: - the rules |
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| Yields to a command (5) |
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| Follows instructions for sending back section of lousy e-book (5) |
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| Be so put out about an unknown, one does as one's told (5) |
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| Follows instructions |
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| Follows orders |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Jul 2024 |
| Sits, speaks, or rolls over, perhaps |
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| Follows orders |
LA Times Mini |
30 Jun 2024 |
| Toes the line |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
19 Jun 2024 |
| Complies with the rules (5) |
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| Follows orders |
The Telegraph Mini |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Follows the rules |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
08 Jun 2024 |
| Follows orders and accepts Queen's decoration before Henry V heads south? (5) |
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| Is a good dog |
Universal |
11 May 2024 |
| Falls in line |
New York Times |
01 May 2024 |
| Does as told |
Mirror Classic |
09 Apr 2024 |
| Follows directives |
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| Complies with |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Award Yankee son accepts |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Does as bidden |
Commuter |
01 Mar 2024 |
| Carries out a command |
Mirror Classic |
10 Jan 2024 |
| Does as ordered |
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| Minds |
Commuter |
01 Jan 2024 |
| Conforms to, ... the rules |
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| Does as told, so bye Rocky (5) |
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| Follows orders |
Universal |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Heeds |
LA Times Daily |
25 Oct 2023 |
| Follows orders |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Oct 2023 |
| Heeds |
USA Today |
07 Oct 2023 |
| Doesn't buck |
Newsday |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Follows instructions, say |
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| Follows, as rules |
Newsday |
17 May 2023 |
| Carries out |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Follows orders |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2023 |
| Follows orders |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Apr 2023 |
| Follows the leader? |
Universal |
27 Mar 2023 |
| Takes orders from |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2023 |
| Follows |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2023 |
| Follows the rules |
Newsday |
21 Dec 2022 |
| Earns a dog treat, say |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Heeds |
Universal |
07 Nov 2022 |
| Falls in line |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Heeds |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Sep 2022 |
| Is heedful |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Minds |
LA Times Daily |
19 Jul 2022 |
| Does as told |
The Washington Post |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Does as told |
LA Times Daily |
14 Apr 2022 |
| Follows commands |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Jan 2022 |
| Heeds |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Follows an order |
USA Today |
04 Nov 2021 |
| Submits to authority |
The Times Concise |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Beyonce first to sing once free – Put A Ring On It follows |
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| Heels |
Canadiana |
21 Jun 2021 |
| Follows, as orders |
New York Times |
31 May 2021 |
| Follows orders |
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| Follows orders |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Apr 2021 |
| Toes the line |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Apr 2021 |
| Follows instructions |
Universal |
05 Apr 2021 |
| Takes orders from |
USA Today |
27 Feb 2021 |
| Does as told |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Does as told |
LA Times Daily |
21 Dec 2020 |
| Conforms |
New York Times |
13 Nov 2020 |
| Carries out (an order) |
The Times Concise |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Complies with |
USA Today |
01 Oct 2020 |
| Falls in line |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Does what must be done |
The Washington Post Sunday |
20 Sep 2020 |
| Does as one's told |
Universal |
06 Aug 2020 |
| Follows orders |
Universal |
12 Jul 2020 |
| Does as commanded |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Executes orders |
New York Times |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Doesn't defy |
USA Today |
08 Mar 2020 |
| Carries out orders |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Dec 2019 |
| Complies with |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Does the bidding of |
USA Today |
15 Nov 2019 |
| Meekly accepts orders |
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| Follows orders |
|
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| Is compliant |
Premier Sunday |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Follows orders |
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| Follows orders |
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| Behaves in accordance with |
Wall Street Journal |
04 May 2019 |
| Does what one is told |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Follows orders |
Newsday |
31 Mar 2019 |
| Follows directions |
Jonesin |
29 Jan 2019 |
| Complies with instructions |
|
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| Does as one's told |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jan 2019 |
| Behaves in accordance with |
|
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| Does as one's told |
|
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| Heeds |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Toes the line |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2018 |
| Acts the flunky |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2018 |
| Follows chaotic boys with internal energy |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Nov 2018 |
| Complies with |
The Sun Two Speed |
01 Nov 2018 |
| Follows the rules |
Universal |
15 Oct 2018 |
| Does as told |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2018 |
| Follows directions |
Universal |
25 Aug 2018 |
| Follows the leader |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Aug 2018 |
| Doesn't 30-Across |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Says 5-Down, say |
USA Today |
31 May 2018 |
| Follows orders |
LA Times Daily |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Follows orders |
The Washington Post |
30 Apr 2018 |
| Goes along |
Newsday |
30 Mar 2018 |
| Goes by the book for bye-byes, dropping off regularly |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Jan 2018 |
| Says 5-Down, say |
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| Follows the leader |
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| Takes orders from |
|
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| Follows orders |
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| Heeds |
|
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| Follows directions |
|
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| Acts the flunky |
|
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| Doesn't 30-Across |
|
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| Follows the rules |
|
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| Heeds |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2017 |
| Follows |
New York Times |
24 Sep 2017 |
| Acts like a good dog |
LA Times Daily |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Acts like a good dog |
The Washington Post |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Is a good dog |
USA Today |
10 Sep 2017 |
| Adheres to, as a rule |
New York Times |
17 Jul 2017 |
| Heeds |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2017 |
| Follows orders or heeds instructions |
|
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| Carries out |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jun 2017 |
| Follows orders |
New York Times |
02 May 2017 |
| Does as directed |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Follows the rules |
Newsday |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Follows orders |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2017 |
| Follows orders |
|
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| Follows |
|
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| Is a good dog |
|
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| Follows orders |
|
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| Does as directed |
|
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| Complies with |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Adheres to, as a rule |
|
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| Acts like a good dog |
|
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| Complies with the commands of |
The Washington Post |
21 Dec 2016 |
| Does what one's told |
Universal |
05 Nov 2016 |
| Does as told |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Sep 2016 |
| Follows instructions to the letter |
Universal |
28 Aug 2016 |
| Falls into line |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2016 |
| Follows commands |
Universal |
09 Jun 2016 |
| Level near the bottom of the minors, informally |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2016 |
| Toes the line |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2016 |
| Hears appeal to Islamic leaders |
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| Complies |
Newsday |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Follows orders |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Complies with orders |
Irish Times Simplex |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Follows instructions to the letter |
|
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| Follows commands |
|
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| Heeds |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Nov 2015 |
| Observes flower is out of place? Yes! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Aug 2015 |
| Stays in line |
Newsday |
25 Jun 2015 |
| Follows to the letter |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2015 |
| Does as told |
|
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| Follows orders |
|
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| Stays in line |
|
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| Follows to the letter |
|
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| Does as told |
|
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| Carries out |
|
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| Follows orders |
|
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| Does as told |
|
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| Heeds call to attract attention of Turkish men |
|
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| Does as directed |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Complies with |
|
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| Does as told |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Does as one is told — ring the Turkish officials |
|
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| Does as instructed by old governors |
|
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| Submits to authority |
|
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| Is a good dog |
|
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| Massive Attack "The Dog ___" |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Follows orders |
|
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| Does as instructed |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Conforms |
|
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| Follows |
|
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| Meat Puppets: "Party Till the World ___" |
|
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| Falls into line |
|
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| Conforms |
|
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| Doesn't make waves |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Complies |
|
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| Does as told |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Follows the rules |
|
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| Follows orders |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Does what a good dog does |
|
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| Does what one's told |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Goes along with |
|
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| Carries out |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Doesn't deviate from |
|
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| Acts obsequiously |
|
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| Follows the rules |
|
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| Follows instructions |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Carries out orders |
|
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| Acts obsequiously |
|
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| Follows commands |
|
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| Follows directions |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Follows directions |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Complies with, as a command |
|
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| Takes orders |
|
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| Does as told |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Toes the mark |
|
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| Carries out |
|
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| Carries out |
|
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| Complies with |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Follows the rules |
|
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| Doesn't ignore |
|
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| Takes orders from |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Plays "Simon Says" |
|
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| Accepts authority |
|
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| Is compliant |
|
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| Follows the leader |
|
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| Does the bidding of |
|
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| Is a good dog |
|
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| Complies |
|
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| Follows directions |
|
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| Follows |
|
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| Does the bidding of |
|
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| Follows the leader |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Does the right thing? |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Complies with |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| "Love is of two kinds; one commands, one _____" |
|
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| Complies with |
|
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| Listens |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Abides by |
|
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| Is law-abiding |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Bends to the will of |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Does as told |
|
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| Is compliant |
|
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| Listens to |
|
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| Follows the rules |
|
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| Respects the rules |
|
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| Is compliant |
|
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| Heeds |
|
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| Minds Mama |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Complies with |
|
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| Follows directions |
|
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| Conforms |
|
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| Pays attention to |
|
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| Observes |
|
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| Minds |
|
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| Heels, e.g. |
|
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| Stays in line |
|
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| Carries out |
|
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| Submits |
|
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| Complies |
|
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| Isn't recalcitrant |
|
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| Comes to heel |
|
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| Follows an order |
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| Is tractable. |
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| Compiles. |
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| Complies. |
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| Yields to the control of. |
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| Complies with. |
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| Submits to. |
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| Complies with law. |
|
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| Toes the line |
|
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| Does as told. |
|
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| Does as one's told |
|
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| Follows the rules |
|
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| Follows instructions |
|
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| Follows to the letter |
|
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| Conforms in action. |
|
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| Takes orders. |
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| Follows orders. |
|
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| Minds. |
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| Follows closely |
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| Complies with instructions. |
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| Is ruled by. |
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| Is guided by. |
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| Answers the rudder. |
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