boss (around)

verb

Definition of boss (around)next
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)
  1. order
  2. instruct
  3. tell
  4. command
  5. ask
Verb
  • Brazilian media reported Saturday that the investigation was ordered by an on-call federal judge in Brazil’s Federal District.
    Sam Mednick and Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Kerley appeared in Miami-Dade bond court, where a judge ordered him released on his own recognizance, according to local reports.
    Zach Powell, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of order
Verb
  • At the end of the meeting, Netanyahu instructed the director of Mossad David Barnea, the Director of Shin Bet Ronen Bar and IDF general Nitzan Alon to travel to Doha immediately in order to push forward the hostage and ceasefire deal, the prime minister's office said.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Not quite six years ago, wildfire expert Jack Cohen, who lives in Missoula, Mont., visited Pacific Palisades to instruct firefighters and property owners on how to protect homes against wildfires.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of instruct
Verb
  • After each fight, a film tells a history: steamy Aztec jungles, pueblas and markets, scenes of battle and revolution, all building toward a futuristic cityscape meant to show what Mexico could become.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • On October 7, the anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel in 2023, CBS News executives told staffers that Dokoupil’s report failed to meet the network’s standards.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of tell
Verb
  • Image Image Aleksandr said that after being sent to the outskirts of Kupiansk, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, he had been commanded to dig trenches in an area where recruits had laid mines the day before.
    Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Gone are the days when a title or a corner office automatically commanded respect.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of command
Verb
  • Gideon Bernstein, Blaze's father, sent a direct message to Samuel Woodward, asking that Sam call him.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Since then, Farmington has had elections asking patrons to approve restructuring existing debt with the same millage rate.
    Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of ask
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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