to be obedient to sb's wishes

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• obedient — obedient, docile, tractable, amenable, biddable mean submissive to the will, guidance, or control of another. Though applied chiefly to persons, they are sometimes extended to things. Obedient implies due compliance with the commands or requests… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• wrap someone around one's little finger — have someone at one s beck and call, make someone obedient to one s wishes, cause someone to be subjected to one s requests or commands …   English contemporary dictionary

• wrapped around someone's little finger — adj. at someone s beck and call, obedient to someone s wishes, subject to someone s requests or commands …   English contemporary dictionary

• at one's beck and call — obedient to the wishes of, subject to someone s requests or commands …   English contemporary dictionary

• be at the beck and call of — obedient to the wishes of, subject to someone s requests or commands …   English contemporary dictionary

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