ride herd
Example Sentences
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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
Marcia Gay Harden and Luis Guzmán ride herd over some first-year medical residents in the new drama "Code Black."
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2015
“You ride herd on the passengers here from the outside till you hear two shots, then hump yourself forward and hop on the express car.”
From Crooked Trails and Straight by Hutchison, D. C.
