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bossed around
verb as in bully
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Some people love to be bossed around, you know, and told what to do.
I expect that half of them, at least, were common soldiers once themselves, and were bossed around like the very meanest of them.
"I will not stay with you if I have to be bossed around," she said with all the spirit she could master.
Instead of being bossed around by her husband, he keeps out of the way and gives her full charge.
They were all pretty sore at being bossed around by a "furrinor" anyway.
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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to boss around, such as: browbeat, bulldoze, dominate, domineer, dragoon, and oppress.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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