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word is law

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somebody's word is law
if someone's word is law, everyone must obey them There's no use questioning any of his rules - his word is law around here.
See also: law, word

somebody's word is law
what someone says must be obeyed There's no use questioning anything around here, because my boss's word is law.
See also: law, word


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Many and many a time she might rule the Autocrat of Russia, whose lightest word is law to seventy millions of human beings
Manners are patriarchal: the father's authority is unlimited, his word is law.
 
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