verb
ADVERB
▪ immediately , instantly , quickly
▪
She was used to having her orders instantly ~ed.
▪ blindly , meekly
▪ unquestioningly , without question
▪ reluctantly
VERB + OBEY
▪ have to , must
▪ refuse to
▪
He refuses to ~ the rules.
▪ fail to
▪ be willing to
▪ promise to
PHRASES
▪ be only ~ing orders
▪
At the trial the soldiers made the excuse that they were only ~ing orders.
▪ a duty to ~ , an obligation to ~
▪
People have a moral duty to ~ the law.
▪ a failure to ~
▪
She's being punished for failure to ~ a court order.
▪ sth has to be ~ed , sth must be ~ed
▪
Rules are rules and they must be ~ed.
Obey is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ command , ↑ directive , ↑ father , ↑ god , ↑ impulse , ↑ injunction , ↑ instinct , ↑ instruction , ↑ law , ↑ master , ↑ order , ↑ rule , ↑ speed limit , ↑ spirit , ↑ summons , ↑ will , ↑ wish