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order around

order around verb: to command (someone) repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authority.

Verb

order around (third-person singular simple present orders around, present participle ordering around, simple past and past participle ordered around)

  1. (transitive) To command (someone) repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authority.
    • I can't stand that guy, he's always ordering me around.

Forms of order around

third-person singular presentorders around
present participleordering around
past participleordered around
pastordered around

Questions about order around

What does order around mean?
Order around means to command (someone) repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authority.
What part of speech is order around?
Order around is a verb.
What is the past tense of order around?
The past tense of order around is ordered around.

Words near order around in the dictionary

  1. ordenance
  2. Ordensstaat
  3. order
  4. order about
  5. order arms
  6. order around
  7. order book
  8. order books
  9. order consolidation
  10. order consolidations
  11. order form

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