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according_to_Hoyle

according to Hoyle

English

The title page of Hoyle's 1758 treatise on backgammon.

Prepositional phrase

according to Hoyle

  1. (idiomatic) In strict accordance with the rules, especially of card games; in the proper or expected manner.
    • 1902, Gilbert Parker, Donovan Pasha and Some People of Egypt, ch. 11,
      This isn't a country where things are cut and dried, and done according to Hoyle.
    • 2007, Phil Axelrod, "District Spotlight: PAC men's basketball follows form," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 22 Feb. (retrieved 8 Aug. 2008),
      The opening round of the Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament went according to Hoyle.