ORDER AROUND


Meaning of ORDER AROUND in English

If you say that someone is ordering you around or is ordering you about, you mean they are telling you what to do as if they have authority over you, and you dislike this. (in BRIT, also use order about )

Grandmother felt free to order her about just as she wished.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .