ride herd
Example Sentences
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So she better figure out quickly how to tamp down the chaos, ride herd and get things done.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2022
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the United Network for Organ Sharing already ride herd on organ procurement organizations.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2019
Grissom hadn’t been able to ride herd on the Apollo spacecraft from its earliest manufacturing stages as he’d done with Gemini.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2019
Lowey promised to ride herd on the administration to help get the Republicans the information they're demanding.
From US News • Apr. 13, 2016
Oh, Lord, Thou knowest that we who ride herd in Thy pastures, haven't got much to be selfish about on earth.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
