to be on a power trip

  • 1power trip — power ,trip noun count INFORMAL a time or situation in which you use your power or influence to control a situation just because you want to feel powerful …

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  • 2Power Trip (film) — Infobox Film name = Power Trip image size = caption = director = Paul Devlin producer = Claire Missanelli Valery Odikadze co producers writer = narrator = starring = Piers Lewis music = Christopher S. Parker cinematography = editing = distributor …

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  • 3Power trip — A power trip is related to an inflated ego. Other uses of the term power trip refer to:* Power Trip (film) , a 2003 documentary * Power Trip , a song by Chimaira * Power Trip , by Soundgarden *Power Trip / To Heck and Back, an episode of Rocko s… …

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  • 4power trip — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms power trip : singular power trip plural power trips informal a time or situation in which you use your power or influence to control a situation just because you want to feel powerful …

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  • 5power trip — noun a) Any activity which confers a sense of power on the person involved b) The excitement that results from such an activity See Also: power trip, power tripping …

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  • 6power trip — showing power, showing authority    Last week he went on a power trip and told us to work harder …

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  • 7power trip — noun (slang) a self aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people • Usage Domain: ↑slang, ↑cant, ↑jargon, ↑lingo, ↑argot, ↑patois, ↑vernacular …

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  • 8power-trip — See power trip. * * * …

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  • 9power-trip — verb To engage in a power trip …

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  • 10power trip — /ˈpaʊə trɪp/ (say powuh trip) noun Colloquial behaviour which is intended to demonstrate one s power over another or others. –power tripping, noun …