- order about
- or[around] {v. phr.} To dictate arrogantly to someone; domineer. * /Dan orders his younger colleagues around in a most unpleasant way./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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order about — ● order * * * ˌorder a ˈround ˌorder a ˈbout british [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they order around he/she/it … Useful english dictionary
order\ about — • order about • order around v. phr. To dictate arrogantly to someone; domineer. Dan orders his younger colleagues around in a most unpleasant way … Словарь американских идиом
order about — [v] dominate boss, bully, call the shots*, command, control, dictate, direct, influence, keep under one’s thumb*, manage, master, run the show*; concepts 94,117,298 … New thesaurus
order about — phrasal verb order around or order about [transitive] Word forms order around : present tense I/you/we/they order around he/she/it orders around present participle ordering around past tense ordered around past participle ordered around British… … English dictionary
order about — order around what makes him think he can just waltz in and start ordering us about? Syn: tell what to do, give orders to, dictate to; lay down the law to; informal boss around, push around … Thesaurus of popular words
Order about Family Members of Traitors of the Motherland — The NKVD Order № 00486 [1] instructed about repression of wives and children of enemy of the people also known as traitors of the Motherland, members of Right Trotskyist spying terrorist organizations convicted by first and second category since… … Wikipedia
order about — or[around] {v. phr.} To dictate arrogantly to someone; domineer. * /Dan orders his younger colleagues around in a most unpleasant way./ … Dictionary of American idioms
order about — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dominate, badger, nag, command, *ride, lord over, henpeck, control, dictate, master, bully, *put under one s thumb. ANT.: supplicate, *cave in, defer … English dictionary for students
order around — ˌorder a ˈround ˌorder a ˈbout british [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they order around he/she/it orders around present participle ordering around … Useful english dictionary
order — [ôr′dər] n. [OFr ordre < L ordo (gen. ordinis), straight row, regular series, akin to ordiri, to lay the warp, hence begin, set in order, prob. < IE base * ar , to join, fit > ARM1, ART1] 1. social position; rank in the community 2. a… … English World dictionary
