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- Dictionarydisobey/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/
verb
- 1. fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority): "around 1,000 soldiers had disobeyed orders and surrendered"
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to intentionally fail to do what you are told or expected to do; not obey: [ T ] Half of the city’s drivers tend to disobey rules and behave poorly. (Definition of disobey from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
: to fail to obey. disobeyer noun. Synonyms. defy. mock. rebel (against) See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disobey in a Sentence. If you disobey, you will be severely punished. The soldier disobeyed the general's orders. He was afraid to disobey his father. The driver had disobeyed the law.
Disobey definition: to neglect or refuse to obey.. See examples of DISOBEY used in a sentence.
verb. When someone disobeys a person or an order, they deliberately do not do what they have been told to do. ...a naughty boy who often disobeyed his mother and father. [VERB noun] He urged Russian soldiers to disobey orders if asked to fire on civilian targets. [VERB noun] They were threatened with punishment if they disobeyed. [VERB]
When you don't follow the rules — especially when they come from a teacher, parent, boss or other authority figure — you disobey. A first-grader disobeys his teacher when he can't help running in the halls of the school, and a dog will disobey your shouted commands if you haven't trained her very well.
to intentionally fail to do what you are told or expected to do; not obey: [ T ] Half of the city’s drivers tend to disobey rules and behave poorly. (Definition of disobey from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
disobey (somebody/something) to refuse to do what a person, a law, an order, etc. tells you to do; to refuse to obey. He was punished for disobeying orders. How dare you disobey me! She sighed deeply but dared not disobey. opposite obey
verb. 1. defy, ignore, rebel, resist, disregard, refuse to obey, dig your heels in (informal), go counter to a naughty boy who often disobeyed his mother. 2. infringe, defy, refuse to obey, flout, violate, contravene, overstep, transgress, go counter to He was forever disobeying the rules.
disobey meaning, definition, what is disobey: to refuse to do what someone with author...: Learn more.
disobey definition: to not do what you are told to do by someone in authority: . Learn more.
