defer to (someone or something)

defer to (someone or something)

To submit or yield to someone or something. I really need to defer to your mother on this one—she's in charge of all the Thanksgiving plans. Well, I'm not the manager, so I'll have to defer to Carrie on questions of staffing. My wife has our calendar all mapped out, so I have to defer to her on questions of scheduling.

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defer to someone or something (on something)

to yield to someone or something on some question or point. I will defer to Mary on that question. She would not defer to the committee on anything.

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