hew to tradition
hew out
hew to the line.
hew a path through the underbrush.
hew to the tenets of one's political party
hew out paths up a mountain
master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe.
his administration would hew to high ethical standards.
hew their bones in sunder!.
He hewed out an important position for himself in the company.
Mitch Hewer skins coolboy!
He hewed a canoe out of a tree trunk.
The hunters hewed a path through the jungle.
By contrast they insisted on substantial evidence in each case that the professor had in fact in the classroom or in his published research hewed to the party line in an unscholarly fashion.
It was as though the features had been hewn on to a great stone ball.
So hewing to them is critical.
Passepartout hewed, cut, and sawed away with all his might.
The executive order marks the Trump administration's latest attack against international organizations that don't hew with its policies.
They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes.
Dumbledore reached inside it and pulled out a large, roughly hewn wooden cup.
It's really just a fear tactic that hews closely to Trump's messaging.
For now, hewing to enhanced safety standards makes sense for meat companies to keep plants open.
But even where the old ways are hewn to, funerals are shrinking for lack of mourners or funds.
Mr Henderson now has Parkinson's disease and no longer cooks, but the restaurant hews to his vision.
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