follow something to the letter

follow something to the letter
follow/obey/something to the letter phrase
to do exactly what you are told to do

I want you to follow those rules to the letter.

Thesaurus: to obey a law or rule, or to accept someone's authoritysynonym obedience and cooperationhyponym
Main entry: letter

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