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bossed around

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bully

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browbeat bulldoze dominate domineer dragoon oppress order around push around tyrannize

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I hope the move to number seven works for him but he is not quite looking like the Stokes that walked out, bossed around, owned the crease and played the big shot.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Samuel studies Romy until he picks up that his boss wants to be bossed around.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

The Rams’ offensive line got bossed around in the biggest game of the season.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

I now spend weekends being bossed around by the voice of an unyielding British woman who seems incredibly confident about the back roads of suburban New Jersey.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017

At home he is bossed around, complained about, ignored.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides