do someone's bidding

verb

To act on behalf of a person in authority, executing their every command.

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Meanings

verbdo someone's bidding (third-person singular simple present does someone's bidding, present participle doing someone's bidding, simple past did someone's bidding, past participle done someone's bidding)

present singular third person does someone's bidding · participle present doing someone's bidding · past did someone's bidding · participle past done someone's bidding

  1. To act on behalf of a person in authority, executing their every command.

    Once Princess in Love was published, Diana threw both Hewitt and Pasternak under the bus. Besotted to the end, her cashiered toy soldier never revealed whether or not he had done her bidding.

    April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair

Translations

Spanish cumplir las órdenes de, obedecer los mandatos de
  • cumplir las órdenes deTranslations
  • obedecer los mandatos deTranslations
  • atenerse a la voluntad deTranslations
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Chicago

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