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)

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