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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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.
American Heritage Idioms