boss around

Example Sentences

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It came as the government wrote to bosses around the country advising them to have their contingency plans written down on paper, in case they lose access to their computers in a hack.

From BBC

Labour's vast, not so new ranks, are not willing to be bossed around.

From BBC

"None of us are people that will be bossed around. So if you put five of those people together all the time and then they start annoying each other... eventually there's going to be eruptions."

From BBC

Samuel studies Romy until he picks up that his boss wants to be bossed around.

From Los Angeles Times

Most of his characters may be undemocratic, but he shows no interest in bossing around his viewers.

From New York Times