lord it over
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“In a democracy, the people are in charge. Elected representatives like me and my parliamentary colleagues do not lord it over you. We are your servants.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
And USC continues to lord it over a big chunk of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2022
First, inherited from “Toy Story 2,” is the notion of toys becoming vintage items, and second is the discomforting presence of über-toys, who lord it over the meeker types and forbid them basic liberties.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 21, 2019
Van Rensburg was not a clever fellow, and while he would lord it over us at the quarry, we could outwit him in court.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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