queen it

Idioms  

1. Act like a queen, domineer, as in She queened it over the family, treating her siblings like servants. This female counterpart of lord it over was used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale (4:4). [c. 1600]

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queen it

“When you go to a service led by a drag queen it could be spiritually healing,” Admans said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

“And just meeting the queen of England, just to meet a queen, it was amazing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2023

Harry described it as “charming, full of potential” and told the queen it was a “dream come true.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 1, 2023

“If it had been the queen, it might have been important,” said Katy Hayward, a professor of politics at Queen’s University in Belfast.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023

With a long plain suit headed by ace, king, queen, it is sometimes advisable to inform your partner of the fact by first discarding the ace.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis