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you're the boss

you're the boss phrase: used to acknowledge an instruction.

Phrase

you're the boss

  1. (colloquial) Used to acknowledge an instruction.

Origin of you're the boss

In reference to the (actual or perceived) authority of the person one is responding to.

Questions about you're the boss

What does you're the boss mean?
You're the boss means used to acknowledge an instruction.
What part of speech is you're the boss?
You're the boss is a phrase.

Words near you're the boss in the dictionary

  1. you're never too old to learn
  2. you're on
  3. you're only as good as your last shift
  4. you're right
  5. you're telling me
  6. you're the boss
  7. you're the doctor
  8. you're welcome
  9. you're welcome a million
  10. you'ren't
  11. you's

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