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do bidding

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do someone's bidding
to do what is requested. The servant grumbled but did his employer's bidding. Am I expected to do your bidding whenever you ask?

do somebody's bidding  (old-fashioned)
to do what someone tells or asks you to do In some societies, men still assume their wives are there to do their bidding.

do your bidding also do the bidding of somebody
to do what someone tells you to do In some societies, men still believe their wives are there to do their bidding.
Usage notes: based on the literal meaning of bid (to ask)


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