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who died and made you boss

who died and made you boss phrase: sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.

Phrase

who died and made you boss?

  1. Sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.
    • “Good evening, and welcome to the Professional Order of Perverts’ International Council of Masters. I am your leader, Lord Thundersteel.”
      “Leader? The hell you are!”
      “Yeah, who died and made you boss? How would you like a taste of the whip, big boy?”2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 27

Synonyms of who died and made you boss

Questions about who died and made you boss

What does who died and made you boss mean?
Who died and made you boss means sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.
What part of speech is who died and made you boss?
Who died and made you boss is a phrase.

Words near who died and made you boss in the dictionary

  1. who are you telling
  2. who ate all the pies
  3. who cares
  4. who died and gave you the reins
  5. who died and left you in charge
  6. who died and made you boss
  7. who died and made you king
  8. who died and made you president
  9. who died and made you queen
  10. who do you think you are
  11. who goes there

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