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Boss Person I Bossing Noun Charge Organization Department

word boss
definition
noun
Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
He cannot stand his boss.
Occasionally I have to go and ask the boss for a rise.
If you are the boss in a group or relationship, you are the person who makes all the decisions .
He thinks he's the boss.
verb
If you say that someone bosses you, you mean that they keep telling you what to do in a way that is irritating .
We cannot boss them into doing more.
'You are not to boss me!' she shouted.
He started bossing people around and I didn't like what was happening.
inflections bossesbossingbossed
cefr-level A2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2

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