order around
To command repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authorityTo command (someone) repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authority.
Meaning
1 sensesTo command (someone) repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authority.
I can't stand that guy, he's always ordering me around.
Examples
19 sentencesYou can't give orders around here.
Ви не можете віддавати накази тут. — Anjy
ruВы не можете отдавать здесь приказы. — odexed
deDu kannst hier keine Vorschriften machen. — raggione
All Tom ever does is order me around.
What right do you have to order us around?
ruКакое ты имеешь право нами командовать? — marafon
deMit welchem Recht geben Sie uns Befehle? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You can't just come in here and start ordering people around.
deDu kannst nicht einfach hier hereinkommen und anfangen herumzukommandieren. — Manfredo
I'll stop ordering you around.
deIch werde aufhören, dich herumzukommandieren. — Waldelfe
Forms
orders around, ordering around, ordered around, ordered around| Base form | order around · to order around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | orders around |
| Present participle | ordering around |
| Past simple | ordered around |
| Past participle | ordered around |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbs- order upTo summon for military duty.
- order outTo call a place of service and order food, or other goods, delivered to one's own location.
- order inTo call and place an order for food to be delivered.
- order aroundTo command (someone) repeatedly and unpleasantly, pointlessly or without proper authority.
- order aboutTo bully (someone); to be bossy toward (someone); to dominate (someone).
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb