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order around

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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.