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.