Just as often it can mean "I think you're right (on the facts or principles) but I'm going to overrule you for political reasons, so there's no point in discussing it further".
If you work at home, or not at all, renovation can become a kind of dream job: employees show up every morning looking for instructions, and there's nobody to overrule you.
"This ruling overrules you," he said.
"For all the times you have been overruled — when you know you had the right ideas and solutions," it read.
Then the unfortunate Armstrong got both barrels: "You don't have the guts to overrule when you see it out," she said.
Why did the family decide not to implement the rescue plan you had negotiated — were you overruled?
It is not in violation of the Constitution or statutes, and a bill to overrule what you did wouldn't get 10 votes.
Jay: Is it fair to say that Lord Dacre [the historian Hugh Trevor-Roper] was beginning to express doubts about the authenticity of the diaries and you overruled him?
So what should you do when you are ignored or overruled?
