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do someone's bidding

to do what is requested. The servant grumbled but did his employer's bidding. Am I expected to do your bidding whenever you ask?

See also: bidding

do your bidding

also do the bidding of somebody

to do what someone tells you to do In some societies, men still believe their wives are there to do their bidding.

Usage notes: based on the literal meaning of bid (to ask)

See also: bidding

do somebody's bidding

  (old-fashioned)

to do what someone tells or asks you to do In some societies, men still assume their wives are there to do their bidding.

See also: bidding