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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | идти на поводу у | be under the thumb of |
| inf. | идти на поводу у | do someone's bidding (U.S. officials who opposed the decision to go after al-Nusra's wider leadership warned that the United States would effectively be doing the Assad government's bidding by weakening a group on the front line of the counter-Assad fight.) |
| gen. | идти на поводу у | be led by the nose by (someone – кого-либо Anglophile) |
| Игорь Миг | идти на поводу у своих эмоций | go by one's gut (I thought you didn't like to go by your gut.) |
| Игорь Миг | идти на поводу у слабостей | indulge one's cravings |
| Игорь Миг | идти на поводу у толпы | cater to the rabble |
| Makarov. | идти у кого-либо на поводу | be tied to the chariot of (someone) |
| Игорь Миг | не идти на поводу у | not to buy into the idea that |
| gen. | он идёт на поводу у своих страстей | he is ruled by his passions |