(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something ~s to something such as a law or someone’s wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
The Night Rider lamp has been designed to ~ to new British Standard safety requirements...
VERB: V to/with n
2.
If you ~, you behave in the way that you are expected or supposed to behave.
Many children who can’t or don’t ~ are often bullied...
He did not feel obliged to ~ to the rules that applied to ordinary men...
? rebel
VERB: V, V to/with n
3.
If someone or something ~s to a pattern or type, they are very similar to it.
I am well aware that we all ~ to one stereotype or another...
VERB: V to n