- boss someone about/around
- give orders in a domineering manner.→ boss
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
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order someone about/around — TELL SOMEONE WHAT TO DO, give orders to, dictate to; lay down the law; informal boss about/around, push about/around. → order … Useful english dictionary
kick someone/something around — (informal) 1 we are undervalued and get kicked around: ABUSE, mistreat, maltreat, push around/about, trample on, take for granted; informal boss about/around, walk all over. 2 they began to kick ideas around … Useful english dictionary
boss — boss1 informal noun a person who is in charge of an employee or organization. verb (usu. boss someone about/around) give orders in a domineering manner. adjective N. Amer. excellent. Origin C19 (orig. US): from Du. baas master . boss2 noun 1》 a… … English new terms dictionary
boss — boss1 [ bɔs, bas ] noun count *** 1. ) the person who is in charge of you at work: I ll ask my boss if I can have a day off next week. a ) MAINLY JOURNALISM someone with a powerful position in an organization: the local Communist Party boss in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
boss about — phrasal verb boss around or boss about [transitive] Word forms boss around : present tense I/you/we/they boss around he/she/it bosses around present participle bossing around past tense bossed around past participle bossed around informal boss… … English dictionary
boss around — phrasal verb boss around or boss about [transitive] Word forms boss around : present tense I/you/we/they boss around he/she/it bosses around present participle bossing around past tense bossed around past participle bossed around informal boss… … English dictionary
boss — 1 noun (C) 1 the person who employs you or who is in charge of you at work: I ll have to ask my boss for a day off. | be your own boss (=work for yourself rather than being employed by someone else) 2 informal a manager with an important position … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
boss — boss1 W3S2 [bɔs US bo:s] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1800 1900; : Dutch; Origin: baas man in charge ] [Sense: 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: boce, from Vulgar Latin bottia] 1.) the person who employs you or who is in charge of you at work →↑ … Dictionary of contemporary English
boss — [[t]bɒ̱s[/t]] ♦♦ bosses, bossing, bossed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft poss N Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work. He cannot stand his boss... Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.… … English dictionary
boss — I. /bɒs / (say bos) noun 1. someone who employs or superintends workers; a foreperson or manager. 2. anyone who asserts command over others. 3. a. (a term of address to a foreperson, etc.) b. Colloquial (a humorous term of address to someone seen …
