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Push around   /pʊʃ ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Push around

verb
1.
Be bossy towards.  Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, strong-arm.






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"Push around" Quotes from Famous Books



... now, would you? I was never more surprised in my life. What's queer about it is that he seemed just as fresh afterward as before he commenced. Didn't faze him a bit. Why, instead of wanting to rest, he was jumping about just as lively; and when the crowd began to push around him, he kicked a boy in the back and doubled him all up—nearly killed him. Oh, he's wicked! I wouldn't trust him as far ...
— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)



Words linked to "Push around" :   domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize, intimidate



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