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at someone's bidding
phrase old-fashioned
You do something at someone's bidding if they have asked or told you to do it: 遵从…的吩咐而做…
At my grandmother's bidding, I wore my best dress.按照祖母的要求，我穿上了最漂亮的衣服。
She was here in Venice at his bidding. Was that not enough?
What made these people do such things, and at his bidding?
She expects us to drop everything we're doing and come running at her bidding.
At her bidding, I called all the guests and asked them to arrive half an hour earlier.
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