boss (around)

verb

Definition of boss (around)next
as in to order
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boss (around)
  1. order
  2. instruct
  3. tell
  4. command
  5. ask
Verb
  • Justice Julian Goose ordered a clerk to enter the pleas in Liverpool Crown Court as Rudakubana stayed mum during a video appearance from the London prison where he is being held.
    Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Indiana does allow its death row inmates to order take-out meals from area restaurants, up to $50 worth of food.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of order
Verb
  • The message, which was sent through WhatsApp, instructed the victim’s family to go to mile marker 42 on I-10 to retrieve an item hidden under a rock directly next to the mile marker post.
    KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The attendant then instructed Heiskell to place the cup over her ear.
    Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of instruct
Verb
  • Gonzalez told reporters that police and medical examiners are working to identify the woman using fingerprints and advanced DNA techniques, while also retracing her steps before the killing.
    Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Quinn’s weekly message includes telling his players to keep their eye on the task ahead rather than contemplate their future path.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of tell
Verb
  • In 1995, Charity Adams authored a memoir about her experience commanding the historic battalion.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Collectors who want an original example of a top Bel Air model, such as a 1957 two-door convertible in concours-quality condition, can expect to pay $200,000 or more, while an example in good condition might command $95,000.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of command
Verb
  • What's New TikTok is making a final push to stay active in the United States, asking the Supreme Court to block a federal law that could effectively ban the social media app unless its parent company, ByteDance, divests its U.S. operations.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • When asked which Golden Girl would most identify with Sharp, Simard emphatically answered Bea Arthur’s character Dorothy Zbornak without a second thought.
    Emily Burns, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of ask
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“Boss (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boss%20%28around%29. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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