boss+around

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• boss around — [v] bully browbeat, bulldoze, dominate, domineer, dragoon, oppress, order around, push around, tyrannize; concept 14 …   New thesaurus

• boss around — phrasal verb boss around or boss about [transitive] Word forms boss around : present tense I/you/we/they boss around he/she/it bosses around present participle bossing around past tense bossed around past participle bossed around informal boss… …   English dictionary

• boss around — verb be bossy towards Her big brother always bullied her when she was young • Syn: ↑strong arm, ↑bully, ↑browbeat, ↑bullyrag, ↑ballyrag, ↑hector, ↑push around …   Useful english dictionary

• boss around — boss (someone) around to tell someone what to do. States and communities have complained that they re being bossed around by Washington …   New idioms dictionary

• boss around — or boss about see boss 3) …   English dictionary

• boss around — verb To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior. Syn: boss about …   Wiktionary

• boss about — ˌboss a ˈround ˌboss a ˈbout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they boss around he/she/it bosses around present participle …   Useful english dictionary

• boss — [[t]bɒ̱s[/t]] ♦♦ bosses, bossing, bossed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft poss N Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work. He cannot stand his boss... Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.… …   English dictionary

• boss about — phrasal verb boss around or boss about [transitive] Word forms boss around : present tense I/you/we/they boss around he/she/it bosses around present participle bossing around past tense bossed around past participle bossed around informal boss… …   English dictionary

• boss — I. /bɒs / (say bos) noun 1. someone who employs or superintends workers; a foreperson or manager. 2. anyone who asserts command over others. 3. a. (a term of address to a foreperson, etc.) b. Colloquial (a humorous term of address to someone seen …  

• boss — 1. noun /bɒs,bɑs,bɔs/ a) A swelling, lump or protuberance in an animal, person or object. All were waiting : uncle Charles, who sat far away in the shadow of the window, Dante and Mr Casey, who sat in the easy chairs at either side of the hearth …   Wiktionary