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.
- 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