bend stretch the rules Idioma

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bend the rules

change the rules to help, look the other way Ed won't accept late reports. He won't bend the rules.

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break the law/rules

not obey the law, commit a crime If you rob a store, you are breaking the law.

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follow the rules

read the rules and do what they say, toe the line If everybody follows the rules, we'll have fewer accidents.

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The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Mothers who care for their children are creating the next generation of men.

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ground rules

ground rules
Basic procedures of conduct, as in The press secretary sets the ground rules for all of the President's press conferences. The term comes from baseball, where it refers to specific rules for a particular ballpark, which are based on special conditions such as a very high outfield fence or a field obstruction of some kind. It began to be transferred to more general use in the mid-1900s.