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
"It really seems like kind of a bread-and-butter strategy they use to signal to their borrower that 'We're the big boss around here'," Brad Parks explains.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2021
“Mama’s the big boss around here. She pulls all the strings. The doctor, the dentist, the Gymboree instructor — they’re all on the take. Everybody answers to her.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
“I was not really the boss around ‘Prairie Home Companion,’” Keillor said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2018
Don’t you want some cousins to boss around?
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
