rule of the road
Example Sentences
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The rule of the road is you never attack down, you always attack up.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2010
The most important rule of the road, however, is never — Baker looked me in the eye — eat in the venue, even if they invite you.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2010
He speaks his mind, keeps several steps ahead of his superiors and violates just about every other rule of the road for diplomats in the U.S. foreign service.
From Time Magazine Archive
And that's a rule of the road in Washington and Austin alike.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was an English ship, therefore the English rule of the road should be maintained.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 15, 1919 by Various
