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
In places where there were no fences to keep the animals from straying it was often necessary to "ride herd."
From The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X by Baker, Willard F.
