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toe the line
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | heed |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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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
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| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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Adjectives: |
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, self, spirituel, strung, subjective, subliminal, unbalanced, unstable, wud
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