rule in

Verb

Meaning

include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

consider rule out be in charge of be in control of be at the helm of be in the driving seat in be the boss of be the leader in exercise authority in be at the helm in be in authority over be in charge in be in control in be in power in be in power over
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Antonyms

obey heed rule out bow to submit to yield to
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Hypernyms

rule decree

Examples

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. P. G. Wodehouse

I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. Anne Hutchinson

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. Mahatma Gandhi

A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done. Andy Grove

Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. Eric Hoffer

Better rule in hell, than serve in heaven. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

rule by an empress rule follower rule for action rule joint rule maker rule nisi