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
Old Iron Thoughts was backing her up, but if it didn't look as if her plans were likely to succeed, he would be willing to ride herd on his devil's pack just so long....
From Novice by Schmitz, James H.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
