dictate to
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dictate
verb1. To set forth expressly and authoritatively:
Idioms: call the shots, lay it on the line.
1. An authoritative indication to be obeyed:
behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order, word.
2. A code or set of codes governing action or procedure, for example:
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Translations
w>dictate to
vi +prep obj person → diktieren (+dat), → Vorschriften machen (+dat); I won’t be dictated to → ich lasse mir nicht diktieren, ich lasse mir keine Vorschriften machen
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