Idiom
boss aroundboss (someone) around
to tell someone what to do.States and communities have complained that they're being bossed around by Washington.
Phr V
boss around
bosses, bossing, bossed
boss about/around sb or boss sb about/around
to tell someone what they should do all the timeDid you notice the way he bosses his wife around?
boss sb around/about • boss around/about sb if someone bosses you around, they keep telling you what to do in a way that you find annoying because they do not have the right to do this: I can't stand the way James bosses everyone around! Leonore was good at bossing people about, and doing very little herself. She would rather stay single than marry some pig who thought he could boss her around like a maid.
boss (one) around
To tell one what to do. This phrase is often used to emphasize someone's behavior as controlling and/or unwarranted. You can't boss me around just because Mom isn't here! My friend at work got promoted, so now he thinks he can boss me around.
boss someone around
to give orders to someone; to keep telling someone what to do. Stop bossing me around. I'm not your employee. Captain Smith bosses around the whole crew. That's his job.
boss around
Tell someone what to do, give orders. For example, David complained that his older sister was always bossing him around. The use of boss in the sense of "to dominate" dates from the mid-1800s, and around was added a few decades later.
boss around
v.
To give someone orders in a forceful and unpleasant way: My older brothers and sisters are always bossing me around. What gives you the right to boss around everyone on the playground?
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