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Push around   /pʊʃ ərˈaʊnd/   Listen
Push around

verb
1.
Be bossy towards.  Synonyms: ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, strong-arm.






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"Push around" Quotes from Famous Books



... now, would you? I was never more surprised in my life. What's queer about it is that he seemed just as fresh afterward as before he commenced. Didn't faze him a bit. Why, instead of wanting to rest, he was jumping about just as lively; and when the crowd began to push around him, he kicked a boy in the back and doubled him all up—nearly killed him. Oh, he's wicked! I wouldn't trust him as far ...
— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)

... gelding's reins, walked forward, hoping she wouldn't make him push around her. But apparently she read the determination in his face and stood aside, her ...
— Ride Proud, Rebel! • Andre Alice Norton



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