- boss someone around
- boss (someone) around
to tell someone what to do.
States and communities have complained that they're being bossed around by Washington.
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boss someone around
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boss one around — {v. phr.} To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone. * / If you keep bossing me around, darling, Tom said to Jane, the days of our relationship are surely numbered. / … Dictionary of American idioms
boss one around — {v. phr.} To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone. * / If you keep bossing me around, darling, Tom said to Jane, the days of our relationship are surely numbered. / … Dictionary of American idioms
boss\ one\ around — v. phr. To keep giving someone orders; to act overbearingly toward someone. If you keep bossing me around, darling, Tom said to Jane, the days of our relationship are surely numbered … Словарь американских идиом
jack someone around — tv. to hassle someone; to harass someone. (See also jerk someone around.) □ The IRS is jacking my brother around. CD The boss was jacking around Gert, so she just walked out … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
kick someone around — kick (someone) around to treat someone badly. When his boss didn t promote him, he felt as if he d been kicked around long enough, and he finally quit. He represents every big guy that s ever kicked around a little guy … New idioms dictionary
push someone around — BULLY, domineer, ride roughshod over, trample on, bulldoze, browbeat, tyrannize, intimidate, threaten, victimize, pick on; informal lean on, boss about/around. → push * * * informal treat someone roughly or inconsiderately … Useful english dictionary
boss someone about/around — give orders in a domineering manner. → boss … English new terms dictionary
boss around — boss (someone) around to tell someone what to do. States and communities have complained that they re being bossed around by Washington … New idioms dictionary
kick someone around — kick something around, informal 1) I m tired of getting kicked around Syn: abuse, mistreat, maltreat, push around, trample on, take for granted; informal boss around, walk all over 2) they began to kick around some ideas Syn: discus … Thesaurus of popular words
boss — boss1 [ bɔs, bas ] noun count *** 1. ) the person who is in charge of you at work: I ll ask my boss if I can have a day off next week. a ) MAINLY JOURNALISM someone with a powerful position in an organization: the local Communist Party boss in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
