hew to

hew to (something)

To adhere to a particular idea or rule. The teacher will deduct points if you don't hew to the guidelines for the project. You can't hew to "work hard, play hard" forever—at some point, you have to grow up and stop partying so much Please be advised that your construction project needs to hew to all building codes.

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hew to something

to conform to a rule or principle. I wish you would hew to the rules a little better. Sarah refuses to hew to the company policies.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hew to

v.

To conform to some law, set of beliefs, or course of action: I hope our children will hew to the traditions of our ancestors.

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