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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Example Sentences

“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

In Peter Morgan's The Audience she is portrayed by Haydn Gwynne – who will, presumably, be going on stage tonight – as a woman in a tearing temper prepared to queen it over her monarch.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2013

"Yes, dear queen, it would be very nice, but it would cost a pretty penny."

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold