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defer to
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   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
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.

defer to somebody
to accept the opinion or judgment of someone else In the end, you must defer to your boss, because the boss is always right.


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