boss around
Example Sentences
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In a career that has taken the former London transport boss around the world, delivering a new Penn Station, he says, would be his crowning achievement: “To me, this is the daddy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton said West Ham's owners could have shown Moyes "more respect" and that they had "messed" the former Manchester United and Everton boss around.
From BBC ● May 10, 2024
Fran Fine might have been able to wrap the boss around her red-lacquered little finger, but Drescher is the boss.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
“I was not really the boss around ‘Prairie Home Companion,’” Keillor said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2018
“You can’t boss around the dead,” as the soothsayer tried to explain afterward, but Lady Constance was convinced the fortune-teller was a fraud, and spoke harshly about the incident for weeks afterward.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
