queen it

Idioms

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

While it may not have a king or queen, it has aristocratic families in which power is a birthright.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2018

Those divine presences are gone, new and unknown deities queen it in the ancient temples.

From Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University by Charles K. (Charles Kellogg) Field

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