defer to

Related to defer to: come to fruition, pick up on

defer to (someone or something)

To submit or yield to someone or something. I really need to defer to your mother on this one—she's in charge of all the Thanksgiving plans.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

defer to someone or something (on something)

to yield to someone or something on some question or point. I will defer to Mary on that question. She would not defer to the committee on anything.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • defer
  • defer to (someone or something)
  • you're the expert
  • You’re the doctor
  • you're the doctor
  • let George do it
  • have about
  • have (someone or something) about
  • have (someone or something) around
  • have around