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boss around

VERB
bully
Synonyms
WEAK
browbeat bulldoze dominate domineer dragoon oppress order around push around tyrannize

Example Sentences

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The point of the order is to eliminate government dispensations that let the firms boss around companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton said West Ham's owners could have shown Moyes "more respect" and that they had "messed" the former Manchester United and Everton boss around.

From BBC • May 10, 2024

He has a couple of young cousins whom he likes to boss around.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2020

They’re capable of higher-level thinking, but I, personally, would rather boss around first-graders.

From Slate • Nov. 1, 2018

“You can’t boss around the dead,” as the soothsayer tried to explain afterward, but Lady Constance was convinced the fortune-teller was a fraud, and spoke harshly about the incident for weeks afterward.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood