as in to order
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority
that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boss (around)
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor ordered pieces that were full of personality and wit.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025 -
Robert King, 35, who was charged with transmitting interstate threats in federal court on Monday, was ordered to stay in detention by U.S. Magistrate Judge Renee Toliver after a hearing in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon, Fox News confirmed.—
Elizabeth Pritchett,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The agencies also instruct organizations to store copies of sensitive or crucial information on physically separate and secure locations, such as hard drives or other storage devices, should recovery become necessary in the wake of an attack.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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So Yankees personnel were instructed not to pick them for the 2024 edition of this survey.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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One of the women surrendered her wedding ring, worth an estimated $7,000, and the robber told the victims to leave the area.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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In Leech, a parasitic hive mind that infests people discovers another parasitic hive mind that infests people, competing for the same brain space (told in first-person from the POV of the former parasitic hive mind).—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Rema commanded a lively crowd at the Moody Theatre headlining the fourth night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW in Austin.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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The camera responded instantly to my Alexa voice commands to stream video to an Amazon Echo Show display.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her mom has successfully kept her isolated from her grandfather even though Hazel has asked a lot about him and shown interest in getting to know him.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Now the Mediterranean-style digs high above Malibu Canyon have popped up for sale, asking a speck under $13 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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