ride herd on
Example Sentences
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The idea was to ride herd on a financial industry that thought nothing of ripping off consumers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2019
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the United Network for Organ Sharing already ride herd on organ procurement organizations.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2019
Grissom hadn’t been able to ride herd on the Apollo spacecraft from its earliest manufacturing stages as he’d done with Gemini.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2019
Lowey promised to ride herd on the administration to help get the Republicans the information they're demanding.
From US News • Apr. 13, 2016
"I reckon he never learned to ride herd on his fears."
From The Sheriff's Son by Raine, William MacLeod
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.