conform to

conform to (something)

To follow or adhere to a particular set of rules, regulations, or norms. Please be advised that your construction project needs to conform to all building codes.
See also: conform
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

conform to something

to agree with or behave within guidelines or regulations. I hope that your policies will conform to our guidelines. Does my casual dress conform to your regulations?
See also: conform
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • conform
  • conform to (something)
  • comply
  • comply with
  • comply with (something)
  • toe the mark
  • play the game
  • play the game, to
  • play by (one's) rules
  • play by somebody's rules
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Belgium: reasoned opinion for failure to inform the Commission of the provisions it has adopted to conform to the Directive on the training of professional drivers (2003/59)
Providing they conform to European standards, these can offer useful safety features - but cut-price, illegal bulbs are increasingly being available.
Motorquip advises drivers that bulbs which don't conform to regulations will certainly lead to a failed MOT and potentially to a serious accident.
Getting circuits to conform to arbitrary shapes is "actually a very tricky problem" he notes.
"I have taken the decision," Bison told the press decisively, "that Iesolo should conform to European norms."
As stated above, the UCC allows a buyer to reject goods if the tender fails "in any respect to conform to the contract." There are a number of qualifications to this right of rejection.
Materials suppliers endeavoring to conform to the standards say processors will see more consistent product from them and, consequently, less variation in their processes.
8.340 23-0-1 Amends list of contents of disposition order in subdivision (c) to conform to F.S.
population (based on the 2000 Federal census) modified their sales and use tax provisions and procedures to conform to it.
California will conform to the following federal provisions:
Avid Xpress DV version 2.0 software delivers professional video editing, audio, effects, titling, media management, and Total Conform to other Avid products that customers have come to expect from Avid.
And with the potential retail income being the driving force in new construction and complete building renovations, priorities have to be placed on designing the retail portion to conform to both the tenant's physical and operational requirements in order to make each project a success.
RULE/FORM VOTE EXPLANATION 8.240 26-0-1 Amended to conform to creation of [section] 39.0136, Fla.