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
Gone are the Tohono O’odham farms that used to grow from the alluvial fans here; gone are the Tohono O’odham cowboys who used to ride herd north and south.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
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
After President John F. Kennedy became disenchanted with the agency’s failed operation to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba in 1961, he assigned his brother Attorney General Robert Kennedy to ride herd on the agency.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2017
“You ride herd on the passengers here from the outside till you hear two shots, then hump yourself forward and hop on the express car.”
From Crooked Trails and Straight by D. C. Hutchison
