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boss around
Idioms and Phrases
Tell someone what to do, give orders. For example, David complained that his older sister was always bossing him around . The use of boss in the sense of “to dominate” dates from the mid-1800s, and around was added a few decades later.Example Sentences
"None of us are people that will be bossed around. So if you put five of those people together all the time and then they start annoying each other... eventually there's going to be eruptions."
Samuel studies Romy until he picks up that his boss wants to be bossed around.
Most of his characters may be undemocratic, but he shows no interest in bossing around his viewers.
In terms of being bossed around by a bunch of newbies, I suggest you find your own voice.
Progressives have a metabolic urge to boss around the private sector.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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