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ordered around

ordered around is the simple past and past participle of order around.

Meaning of order around

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.

Questions about ordered around

What is ordered around the simple past and past participle of?
Ordered around is the simple past and past participle of order around.

Words near ordered around in the dictionary

  1. orderable
  2. orderboard
  3. orderboards
  4. ordered
  5. ordered about
  6. ordered around
  7. ordered field
  8. ordered fields
  9. ordered in
  10. ordered integral domain
  11. ordered integral domains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ordered around (page history and authors); order around (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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