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defer to you

phrase/dɪˈfɜː tə juː/

B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

To yield to someone else's greater authority or expertise on a matter.

You know this account far better than I do, so I'll defer to you on how to pitch the renewal.

Similar: bow to your judgement, leave it to you

Topic: Business email & meetings in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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