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lord it over

VERB
browbeat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
badger bully coerce harass hector intimidate lean on oppress
STRONG
bludgeon bluster bulldoze cow domineer dragoon frighten overawe overbear threaten tyrannize
WEAK
despotize put heat on put the chill on put through the wringer
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist help leave alone
WEAK
boost coax compliment praise

Example Sentences

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One team meet-up is staged, randomly, at an auto junkyard; it’s as though these serial sedan-killers want to lord it over the corpses.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2022

First, inherited from “Toy Story 2,” is the notion of toys becoming vintage items, and second is the discomforting presence of über-toys, who lord it over the meeker types and forbid them basic liberties.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2019

“He didn’t lord it over her but sat with her,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2017

All she did with that knowledge was to give herself airs and lord it over the other urchins.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman