Rule on
Rule on verb - To give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute).
Usage example: the coach ruled on the question of whether an off-campus bar fight ought to disqualify someone from the team
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Synonyms for Rule on
Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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They try to convince the counsels to rule on their behalf, but they refuse, and manage to kill them.
- Alucard from Hellsing allows his opponents to try to invoke the Chunky Salsa Rule on him before fighting back, because they'll be even more terrified when he does eventually activate his Healing Factor/Lovecraftian Superpower.
Source: Hit Me, Dammit!
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