bossing (around)

verb

Definition of bossing (around)next
present participle of boss (around)
as in ordering
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 bossing (around)
  1. telling
  2. instructing
  3. asking
Verb
  • In addition, the user might have stated that physics is altered, maybe telling the AI to pretend that the action is occurring on the Moon or Mars.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The organization represented Parents Protecting Our Children, a group that argued that the district violated parents’ religious freedom in not telling them about children’s trans identity.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of telling
Verb
  • They are suspected of instructing police officers to block lawmakers at the National Assembly who were there to reverse the martial law decree.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • On March 22 a local Philadelphia newspaper printed a notice from Secretary of War James McHenry instructing the Pennsylvania militia to assemble.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of instructing
Verb
  • Carter’s attorney Alex Spiro filed a motion Monday asking a judge to force the accuser to reveal her real name or dismiss the case.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Something dim and unknowable seemed to be asking me to trust it.
    Rebekah Pahl, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of asking
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“Bossing (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bossing%20%28around%29. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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