Synonyms for take orders
take or·ders

Princeton's WordNet

1. take ordersverb

   receive and be expected to follow directions or commands

   "I don't take orders from you!"

2. take ordersverb

   be ordained; enter the Christian ministry

   "She took orders last month"

Matched Categories

1. • Obey

How to pronounce take orders?

How to say take orders in sign language?

How to use take orders in a sentence?

1. Carlos Ghosn:

   We have suspended taking orders, we didn't do it (suspend orders) overall, just on some models we said, 'Sorry, until we see where this situation is going we don't take orders.

2. Daniel Andrews:

   Frankly, Victorians don’t take orders from Greg Hunt, the bloke who forgot to place an order for vaccines. Seriously. “We’re out there doing the commonwealth government’s work for them; the least they can do is not be lecturing us on how to get that job done.”

3. Robert A. Heinlein:

   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, cone a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

4. Robert Heinlein:

   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

5. Bill Maher:

   If the word only made you think of rational, deserved causes like teaching a less whitewashed version of American history, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would still want to own it. But it's a joke because it makes you think of people who wake up offended and take orders from Twitter. And their oversensitivity has grown tiresome.