boss around
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boss around
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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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| boss around | |
verb | |
| be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young" [syn: strong-arm] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Boss around
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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