order someone about



order someone about

Give peremptory commands to someone, be domineering, as in That teacher had better learn not to order us about. [Mid-1800s]
See also: order

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Huguo-Ancient Germanic
Elissa (2)-English
Yehoshafat-Biblical Hebrew
Baggi-Ancient Scandinavian
Elfreda[el'fri:də]
Immaculada-Catalan