Order Boss Ordered Meaning People Bossy Synonym British

Meaning: If you order people around, you tell them what to do in a bossy way.

• order sb around The workers hate the way their supervisor orders them around. They say she's rude and bossy.
  
  
• be ordered around Army recruits soon get used to being ordered around.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with order around: workers, staff, employees, recruits, troops, students