shaltmodal verb
uk/ʃælt/us/ʃælt/thou shalt old use
you shall
thou shalt
used humorously in modern English when talking about people who follow rules exactly when the rules are not very important:
You know what he's like about food - thou shalt not serve red wine with fish.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Obeying & breaking the law
- abide
- adhere
- afoul
- bend the law/rules idiom
- breach
- break
- breaker
- clean
- clean up your act idiom
- commit
- compliant
- conform
- contravene
- disobey
- hold
- observe
- perpetrate
- respect
- venal
- violate
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