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View synonyms for boss around

boss around



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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.
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Example Sentences

Daney gave them a free hand and spoiled them, but I'm going to teach them who's boss around here now.

You got your hooks on me that way, and I'm yours to boss around.

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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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