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follow orders

   Also found in: Legal 0.02 sec.
follow orders
to do as one has been instructed. You have to learn to follow orders if you want to be a Marine. I didn't do anything wrong. I was only following orders.
See also: follow, order


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The latter reacted angrily to the FT man's refusal to follow orders barked at him by camp guards (ie, actors) during the show.
The MILF leadership has distanced itself from Kato, whose unit refused to follow orders from the overall rebel leadership to withdraw.
An investigation showed the soldiers fired at the civilian car when it failed to follow orders to stop as it approached the convoy, which had pulled to the side of the road because of maintenance problems, the military said Sunday.
 
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