to follow the instructions
62
1.0
- phrasal verb
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seguir las instrucciones
- To assemble the furniture correctly, follow the instructions step by step without skipping any parts.
- follow the instructions provided
- fail to follow instructions
- easy-to-follow instructions
We're just Brad, we're following the instruction as we're supposed to and we're trusting the process.
- We're just Brad, we're following the instruction as we're supposed to and we're trusting the process.
- Now I know that sounds like a major screw up, but they were just following the instructions.
- If you do go ahead and pre-order it on Amazon, go ahead and follow the instructions below.
- Wasn't his most entertaining fight, but he followed the instructions down to AC and won every single round.
- So she honks her horn and then he comes by and then she gives him a note and she's like follows, follow the instructions.
- OK, so I guess what I need to do now is go to this Google Drive link and follow the instructions on how to do it, load up my PC and see what happens, what can go wrong.
- And it was like a, like a like a watershed moment, just like all of a sudden, and I just followed the instructions of what this guy had told me.
Examples
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Why didn't you follow the instructions?
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Just follow the instructions.
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It's all right as long as you follow the instructions.
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Call the number and follow the instructions.
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It's very important that you follow the instructions on those signs.
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I followed the instructions that came with it.
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And make sure to follow the instructions and wash his hair.
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For information, please follow the instructions on the main menu.
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Take care and follow the instructions very carefully.
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Please follow the instructions of the authorized personnel.
Synonyms
55
2.8
Do what a rule says
2
3.3
Do each required step in the correct order
Antonyms
How Closely
62
1.0
1
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
follow + the + instructions
The meaning 'to do what the directions or guidelines tell you to do' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'follow' (to accept and act according to) with 'instructions' (directions or guidelines); the article 'the' does not change the compositional meaning. This verb + object composition is cross-linguistically common and therefore immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Follow the instructions comes from a simple image: imagine follow and instructions as walking behind signs or a leader and doing each step exactly as shown. That's why it means 'to do what the directions or guidelines tell you'.