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orders around

orders around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 orders around

What is orders around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Orders around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of order around.

Words near orders around in the dictionary

  1. orderly
  2. orderpicking
  3. orders
  4. orders about
  5. orders are orders
  6. orders around
  7. orders in
  8. orders in council
  9. Orders of Australia
  10. orders of battle
  11. orders of business

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