go through channels

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go through (the proper) channels

to use the proper procedure, working through the correct people and offices to get something done; to cooperate with a bureaucracy. I'm sorry. I can't help you. You'll have to go through the proper channels. I didn't get what I wanted because I didn't go through channels.

See also: channel, through

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If I try to go through channels and make recommendations to the brass, they just blow me off. The psychological fitness-for-duty evaluation by Miller, Laurence / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin There are exceptions to this rule for special missions, but any modifications must go through channels for approval. No fabs or mods allowed by PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly ``A spending bill should go through channels,'' said Royce, who stressed that seeking funds for local projects does not automatically qualify as pork barreling. FEDERAL FEEDING FRENZY SURPLUS STIRS APPETITES FOR PORK-BARREL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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If I try to go through channels and make recommendations to the brass, they just blow me off.

The psychological fitness-for-duty evaluation by Miller, Laurence / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin

There are exceptions to this rule for special missions, but any modifications must go through channels for approval.

No fabs or mods allowed by PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly

``A spending bill should go through channels,'' said Royce, who stressed that seeking funds for local projects does not automatically qualify as pork barreling.

FEDERAL FEEDING FRENZY SURPLUS STIRS APPETITES FOR PORK-BARREL ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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