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bossed around
verb
Past of boss around
Exact(60)
"You like to be bossed around".
Namely, the process of being bossed around by someone else.
"I was afraid I would get bossed around," he said.
I was bossed around and not quite sure of myself.
We leap and kick, bossed around by an angel.
He was a chinless man who routinely let himself be bossed around, made small.
Greek voters are not going to be bossed around by "Germany".
What he actually said was that he would not be bossed around by the pope or the Roman Catholic Church.
That was a surreal moment – seeing this woman who is so powerful be bossed around by her daughter.
When it began, many among the French-speaking majority felt that they were bossed around by an English-speaking elite.
Perhaps this suggests she'll be easily bossed around by the more powerful, mostly male politicians from her cabinet.
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