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]

Example Sentences

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“If you make the right moves in the right steps, it can become a rook, it can become a queen, it can become a bishop,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 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

And like so much about the queen, it was a highly considered choice.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

She would probably queen it at Selwick, unless Aubrey provided the Hall with a younger queen in her place.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

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