rule book
noun
: a book that contains the official set of rules that must be followed in a game, job, etc.
always carries the rule book in his back pocket to every game
also
: the rules in such a book
The rule book says that once the puck fully crosses the line it is a goal.
—often used figuratively He's a maverick when it comes to decorating, throwing away the rule book.
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The Little Rock Kickball Association's rule book, which started out at eight pages, now is 40 pages long.
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Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
Trump’s world order Mr. Orban’s defiant welcome of Mr. Netanyahu has highlighted one way the world has changed since Mr. Trump came to power: By throwing out the global rule book on longstanding alliances and trade rules, the American president has given permission to others to break the rules too.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
While some saw it as cheating, the bat was proved legal under MLB’s rule book.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Religious leaders specified days on which, for medical or liturgical reasons, married couples were not to copulate—one Irish rule book from the early seventh century excluded a good two-thirds of the year.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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Sean Clancy, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
Trump’s world order Mr. Orban’s defiant welcome of Mr. Netanyahu has highlighted one way the world has changed since Mr. Trump came to power: By throwing out the global rule book on longstanding alliances and trade rules, the American president has given permission to others to break the rules too.
—Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
While some saw it as cheating, the bat was proved legal under MLB’s rule book.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Religious leaders specified days on which, for medical or liturgical reasons, married couples were not to copulate—one Irish rule book from the early seventh century excluded a good two-thirds of the year.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Rule book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rule%20book. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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