boss around

boss around
verb
be bossy towards
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Her big brother always bullied her when she was young

• Syn:
• Hypernyms: ↑intimidate
• Hyponyms: ↑tyrannize, ↑tyrannise, ↑domineer
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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[verb]
domineer, bully, dominate, oppress, order, push around (slang)

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ˌboss a ˈround ˌboss a ˈbout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they boss around he/she/it bosses around present participle bossing around past tense bossed around past participle bossed around] informal phrasal verb
to keep telling other people what to do

He’s used to bossing his little brother around.

Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym
Main entry: boss

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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