Playing with "rule" Hi everybody, I am working on the word "rule" this morning. I noticed the following way of using it. Can you help, please ? As a general use means : typically or usually ? Cardinal rule means something very strong, evident you can't avoid or ignore Hard and fast rule means the same of the previous ? To rule against means to decide something against somebody, as a trial or a court To rule in favour of means the opposite of the previous ? To rule in means to confirm or to validate something To rule out means that you throw away or to put away or to exclude something It is against the rules means that what you did is not compliant to the way it should had been done To rule on something means to decide a rule or a law regarding a specific matter As a conclusion, please tell me if you know other way of using the word rule in common language Thanks to all !!