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- adjective idiomatic Adhering strictly to
rules ,legal requirements , orofficial procedures .
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Examples
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"This so-called by-the-book guy had his own playbook and terminology," Malkin said.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The main event was a by-the-book flawless prime rib eye, but accompanied with a side of fries, connected and wrapped in a circle with a Caesar salad embedded inside it.
Jon Chattman: Pretzel Logic: David Burke's Townhouse Takes the Cake Jon Chattman 2011
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The cops all fall into well-defined genre types: the on-the-edge, streetwise guy in constant danger of crossing over to the bad side (Logan Marshall-Green); the by-the-book type who yearns for a more normal life (Omari Hardwick); and the newbie with the natural skills and the troubled past (Nicki Aycox).
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This week isn't just upending Thanksgiving tradition, but also upsetting what had been a by-the-book year.
Investors Finding Little to Feast On Jonathan Cheng 2011
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And we do get shown: that Sanborn is "by-the-book", cautious, and devoted to his job (but nonetheless deeply troubled by it), that Eldridge is inexperienced and uncertain of his own judgment, and that James is reckless but nonetheless deeply concerned with the wellbeing of others.
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The main event was a by-the-book flawless prime rib eye, but accompanied with a side of fries, connected and wrapped in a circle with a Caesar salad embedded inside it.
Jon Chattman: Pretzel Logic: David Burke's Townhouse Takes the Cake Jon Chattman 2011
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One is reluctant and relies on intuition, and the other is more diligent and by-the-book.
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The main event was a by-the-book flawless prime rib eye, but accompanied with a side of fries, connected and wrapped in a circle with a Caesar salad embedded inside it.
Jon Chattman: Pretzel Logic: David Burke's Townhouse Takes the Cake Jon Chattman 2011
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The main event was a by-the-book flawless prime rib eye, but accompanied with a side of fries, connected and wrapped in a circle with a Caesar salad embedded inside it.
Jon Chattman: Pretzel Logic: David Burke's Townhouse Takes the Cake Jon Chattman 2011
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This isn't an assignment that would have been given to any hide-bound, by-the-book blockhead.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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