order around (verb)

  • 71ask — verb 1 QUESTION (I, T) to say or write something in order to get an answer, a solution, or information: What s your name? she asked. | ask a question: That kid s always asking awkward questions. | ask who/what/where etc: I was only asking how… …

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  • 72hash out — verb speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion We discussed our household budget • Syn: ↑discuss, ↑talk over • Derivationally related forms: ↑discussion ( …

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  • 73talk over — verb speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion (Freq. 1) We discussed our household budget • Syn: ↑hash out, ↑discuss • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 74look at — verb 1. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes (Freq. 17) Take the case of China Consider the following case • Syn: ↑consider, ↑take, ↑deal • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 75domineer — verb his mother had always sought out men she could domineer Syn: browbeat, bully, intimidate, push around/about, order about/around, lord it over; dictate to, be overbearing, have under one s thumb, rule with a rod of iron; informal boss… …

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  • 76earth up — verb block with earth, as after a landslide • Syn: ↑land up • Hypernyms: ↑obstruct, ↑obturate, ↑impede, ↑occlude, ↑jam, ↑block, ↑close up …

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  • 77tell — verb 1 give sb information ADVERB ▪ bluntly, curtly, flatly ▪ She told me bluntly it was my own fault. ▪ gravely, seriously ▪ smugly …

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  • 78come — verb (past came; past participle come) 1》 move or travel towards or into a place near or familiar to the speaker.     ↘arrive.     ↘join in a specified activity: do you want to come fishing? 2》 occur; happen. 3》 occupy or achieve a specified… …

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  • 79get — verb (gets, getting; past got; past participle got, N. Amer. or archaic gotten) 1》 come to have or hold; receive.     ↘experience, suffer, or be afflicted with (something bad). 2》 succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain. 3》 move… …

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  • 80turn — verb 1》 move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis.     ↘twist or sprain (an ankle). 2》 move into a different position, especially so as to face the opposite direction.     ↘change or cause to change direction.     ↘(of the… …

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