order around
Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words
To give orders to someone in a bossy way.
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Examples (10)
- My boss always orders us around as if we're his servants.
- She doesn't like being ordered around by her younger brother.
- He constantly tries to order everyone around in the group project.
- Please don't order me around; I know what I'm doing.
- Growing up, he was used to ordering his siblings around.
- The new manager tends to order people around without much consideration.
- I refuse to be ordered around like that.
- It's annoying when someone just orders you around all the time.
- He got fired for always ordering his colleagues around.
- She prefers to work independently rather than being ordered around.