order someone about

Give peremptory commands to someone, be domineering, as in That teacher had better learn not to order us about. [Mid-1800s]

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Nearby words

order of the day, the, order of the garter, order of the thistle, order paper, order port, order someone about, order-driven, ordered, ordered field, ordered n-tuple, ordered pair

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