Front | defer to |
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Back | defer to defer to sb/sth formal to accept someone else's opinion or decision, because they know more than you or are more important than you: ▪ My mother deferred to my father on all the important decisions. defer to sb's authority/judgement/knowledge etc ▪ Tim thought it best to defer to Sarah's superior knowledge. |
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