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                           Phrase(s): pull rank (on someone)  Fig. to assert one’s rank, authority, or position over someone when making a request or giving an order.  •  Don’t pull rank on me! I don’t have to do what you say!  •  When she couldn’t get her way politely, she pulled rank and really got some action.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
                    
                    
                    
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                           Use one's higher status to compel obedience or obtain privileges, as in She hated pulling rank in the office, but sometimes it was necessary. This term comes from the military. [c. 1920]
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        American Heritage Idioms