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lay down the law synonyms

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  • beseech
  • charge
  • entreat
  • implore
  • obligate
  • order
  • require
  • supplicate
  • accredit
  • allot
  • assign
  • choose
  • command
  • commission
  • decree
  • delegate
  • designate
  • determine
  • direct
  • elect
  • enjoin
  • establish
  • finger
  • fix
  • install
  • accredit
  • bless
  • commission
  • empower
  • enable
  • entitle
  • give authority
  • give the go-ahead
  • give the green light
  • give the word
  • invest
  • license
  • okay
  • rubber-stamp
  • say the word
  • vest
  • a thou-shalt-not
  • boycott
  • censorship
  • don't
  • embargo
  • injunction
  • interdiction
  • limitation
  • no-no
  • off limits
  • out of bounds
  • prohibition
  • proscription
  • refusal
  • restriction
  • stoppage
  • suppression
  • batten
  • billet
  • boom
  • crossbar
  • crosspiece
  • ingot
  • lever
  • paling
  • pig
  • pole
  • rail
  • rib
  • rule
  • shaft
  • slab
  • spar
  • spoke
  • allure
  • ask
  • attract
  • bid
  • coax
  • command
  • demand
  • draw
  • entice
  • gesticulate
  • gesture
  • invite
  • motion
  • nod
  • pull
  • sign
  • summon
  • advance
  • amount
  • declaration
  • feeler
  • hit
  • invitation
  • offer
  • pass
  • price
  • proffer
  • proposal
  • proposition
  • request
  • submission
  • suggestion
  • sum
  • summons
  • ahoy
  • alarm
  • all hail
  • calling
  • command
  • cry
  • hail
  • holler
  • scream
  • shout
  • signal
  • whoop
  • yawp
  • yell
  • ask for
  • inquire
  • involve
  • lack
  • necessitate
  • need
  • occasion
  • request
  • require
  • suggest
  • want
  • ask alms
  • benefit
  • bite
  • brace
  • bum
  • burn
  • buzz
  • cadge
  • call upon
  • chisel
  • clamor for
  • dime up
  • ding
  • freeload
  • hit up
  • hustle
  • knock
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • dictate
  • address
  • adjure
  • advance
  • apply
  • ask
  • beg
  • beseech
  • bid
  • call
  • claim
  • contest
  • crave
  • demand
  • entreat
  • hit on
  • implore
  • importune
  • allegation
  • beef
  • complaint
  • gripe
  • imputation
  • indictment
  • plaint
  • stink
  • charge
  • chargé d'affaires ad interim
  • analysis
  • audit
  • checkup
  • control
  • inquiry
  • investigation
  • poll
  • rein
  • research
  • review
  • scrutiny
  • test
  • adduce
  • advance
  • allege
  • allude to
  • appeal to
  • enumerate
  • evidence
  • excerpt
  • exemplify
  • extract
  • get down to brass tacks
  • give as example
  • illustrate with
  • indicate
  • instance
  • lay
  • mention
  • bulldoze
  • coerce
  • concuss
  • constrain
  • crack down
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • enforce
  • exact
  • hustle
  • impel
  • make
  • make necessary
  • necessitate
  • oblige
  • put the arm on
  • put the chill on
  • blackball
  • deny
  • deprive
  • exclude
  • forbid
  • hinder
  • preclude
  • prevent
  • refuse
  • reject
  • suspend
  • behest
  • bidding
  • code
  • decree
  • dictum
  • direction
  • edict
  • fiat
  • injunction
  • law
  • mandate
  • order
  • ordinance
  • precept
  • principle
  • requirement
  • statute
  • absolute
  • bald
  • blunt
  • candid
  • categorical
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • forthright
  • frank
  • matter-of-fact
  • open
  • outspoken
  • person-to-person
  • plain
  • plainspoken
  • point-blank
  • achieve
  • appear as
  • depict
  • discourse
  • do
  • execute
  • go on
  • perform
  • personate
  • play
  • play the part of
  • playact
  • portray
  • represent
  • adjure
  • admonish
  • advise
  • appoint
  • bid
  • call upon
  • caution
  • charge
  • counsel
  • decree
  • demand
  • dictate
  • direct
  • forewarn
  • impose
  • instruct
  • ordain
  • bull's-eye
  • careful
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • correct
  • dead on
  • definite
  • distinct
  • downright
  • explicit
  • express
  • faithful
  • faultless
  • identical
  • literal
  • methodical
  • nailed down
  • ban
  • block
  • cancel
  • censor
  • check
  • debar
  • declare illegal
  • deny
  • deprive
  • disallow
  • embargo
  • enjoin
  • exclude
  • forestall
  • forfend
  • freeze
  • halt
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • admission
  • allocation
  • allotment
  • alms
  • appropriation
  • assistance
  • award
  • benefaction
  • bequest
  • boon
  • bounty
  • charity
  • concession
  • contribution
  • dole
  • donation
  • endowment
  • appoint
  • burden
  • charge
  • command
  • compel
  • constrain
  • decree
  • demand
  • encroach
  • enforce
  • enjoin
  • establish
  • exact
  • fix
  • foist
  • force
  • force upon
  • administer
  • apply
  • bring upon
  • command
  • deal out
  • deliver
  • dispense
  • exact
  • expose
  • extort
  • force
  • force upon
  • give
  • give it to
  • lay down the law
  • levy
  • mete out
  • arrest
  • avert
  • bar
  • bit
  • bridle
  • check
  • constrain
  • cramp
  • curb
  • discourage
  • enjoin
  • faze
  • forbid
  • frustrate
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • hog-tie
  • acquaint
  • advise
  • apprise
  • brainwash
  • break in
  • break it to
  • brief
  • clue in
  • coach
  • counsel
  • discipline
  • disclose
  • drill
  • drum into
  • educate
  • engineer
  • enlighten
  • ban
  • forbid
  • halt
  • inhibit
  • outlaw
  • prevent
  • prohibit
  • proscribe
  • stop
  • taboo
  • veto
  • circumscribe
  • confine
  • define
  • delimit
  • delimitate
  • demarcate
  • determine
  • encircle
  • enclose
  • hem in
  • limit
  • mark
  • measure
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • surround
  • terminate
  • bind
  • coerce
  • command
  • compel
  • constrain
  • force
  • impel
  • make
  • necessitate
  • obligate
  • shotgun
  • anoint
  • appoint
  • bless
  • call
  • commission
  • consecrate
  • constitute
  • deal
  • deal with
  • decree
  • delegate
  • destine
  • dictate
  • elect
  • enact
  • enjoin
  • fix
  • adjustment
  • aligning
  • array
  • assortment
  • cast
  • categorization
  • classification
  • codification
  • composition
  • computation
  • disposal
  • disposition
  • distribution
  • establishment
  • form
  • grouping
  • harmony
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • affirm
  • announce
  • annunciate
  • blast
  • blaze
  • blazon
  • broadcast
  • call
  • circulate
  • declare
  • demonstrate
  • disseminate
  • enunciate
  • evidence
  • evince
  • exhibit
  • expound
  • ban
  • block
  • bottle up
  • box in
  • bring to screeching halt
  • constrain
  • cool
  • cork
  • debar
  • disallow
  • enjoin
  • forbid
  • forfend
  • freeze
  • gridlock
  • halt
  • hamper
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • crave
  • depend upon
  • desire
  • feel necessity for
  • have need
  • hurting for
  • lack
  • miss
  • stand in need
  • wish
  • appropriation
  • call
  • commandeering
  • occupation
  • request
  • seizure
  • summons
  • takeover
  • arrest
  • bind
  • bottle up
  • box up
  • bridle
  • chain
  • check
  • choke back
  • circumscribe
  • confine
  • constrain
  • contain
  • control
  • cool
  • cork
  • crack down
  • curb
  • abolish
  • avert
  • ban
  • bate
  • cancel
  • count out
  • debar
  • deter
  • dismiss
  • eliminate
  • except
  • forbid
  • forestall
  • forfend
  • leave out
  • not consider
  • obviate
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • agreed
  • appointed
  • arranged
  • bent
  • certain
  • concluded
  • confirmed
  • customary
  • dead set on
  • decisive
  • definite
  • determined
  • entrenched
  • established
  • firm
  • fixed
  • hanging tough
  • command
  • court order
  • decree
  • mandate
  • summons
  • warrant
  • written order
  • arouse
  • ask
  • assemble
  • beckon
  • beep
  • bid
  • call
  • call back
  • call for
  • call forth
  • call in
  • call into action
  • call together
  • call upon
  • charge
  • cite
  • command
  • administer
  • administrate
  • chaperon
  • direct
  • employ
  • manage
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • quarterback
  • run
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • survey
  • adjure
  • appoint
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bar
  • beckon
  • bid
  • call
  • call for
  • call on
  • call the signals
  • call upon
  • charge
  • check
  • cite
  • compel
  • debar
  • assignment
  • bother
  • burden
  • business
  • calling
  • charge
  • daily grind
  • deadweight
  • duty
  • effort
  • employment
  • enterprise
  • errand
  • exercise
  • fun and games
  • function
  • gig
  • acquaint
  • advise
  • announce
  • apprise
  • authorize
  • bid
  • break the news
  • call upon
  • clue in
  • command
  • confess
  • declare
  • direct
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • enjoin
  • explain
  • acquaint
  • address
  • admonish
  • advise
  • advocate
  • alert
  • apprise
  • caution
  • clue
  • clue in
  • counsel
  • cry wolf
  • deprecate
  • direct
  • dissuade
  • enjoin
  • exhort

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