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queen it

Act like a queen, domineer, as in She queened it over the family, treating her siblings like servants. This female counterpart of lord it over was used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale (4:4). [c. 1600]

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queen it

To act like a queen; domineer: queens it over the whole family.

See also: queen