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  2. idiom. Add to word list. Add to word list. to break the rules in a way that you consider unimportant or not harmful: You’ve got to know when to bend the rules a little. (Definition of bend the rules from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  3. To allow something to be done which is technically against the rules or not normally accepted. It's galling to know that the management team, who are so strict with the lower-level employees, all bend the rules to give themselves more vacation time and bigger bonuses.

  4. bend the law/rules. idiom. Add to word list. to change the rules in a way that is considered to be not important or not harmful: Can't you bend the rules a little? I was only a few minutes late. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Obeying & breaking the law. abide by something. adhere to something. afoul. bad actor. buck. commission.

  5. Bend The Rules definition: To do something that is not normally allowed but is also not explicitly prohibited .

  6. 6 days ago · bend the rules. to do something which is not normally allowed, either to help someone else or for your own advantage. The river authorities said they were willing to bend the rules for us and allowed us to go through the first lock. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

  7. COMMON If you bend the rules, you do something which is not allowed, either to help someone else or for your own advantage. The river authorities said they were willing to bend the rules for us and allowed us to go ahead. The rules are often bent to ensure a good show. Note: You can also say that you stretch the rules.

  8. Verb. bend the rules (third-person singular simple present bends the rules, present participle bending the rules, simple past and past participle bent the rules) To do something that is not normally allowed but is also not explicitly prohibited . Synonym: stretch the rules.

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