at (someone's) behest



at (someone's) behest

Done according to the whims or commands of someone else. Everything is done at our children's behest; it's like they're the bosses of the family! I'm presenting you this subpoena at the behest of the civil court.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Honorinus-Late Roman
LiamLEE-əm (English)Irish, English
Varvaravahr-VAH-rah (Russian)Russian, Greek, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Zulfaqar-Arabic
Hodiyah-Biblical Hebrew
Denisde-NEE (French), DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German)French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian