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boss around

VERB
bully
Synonyms
WEAK
browbeat bulldoze dominate domineer dragoon oppress order around push around tyrannize

Example Sentences

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The point of the order is to eliminate government dispensations that let the firms boss around companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

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

It’s tech we’re supposed to be able to boss around that bosses us around instead.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2018

“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