| disappr., amer. |
to keep telling someone what to do as if you have authority over them, in a way that annoys people (macmillandictionary.com); to give orders to someone, to tell someone what to do (You can't just come in here and start ordering people around.  merriam-webster.com); 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 (Grandmother felt free to order her about just as she wished. collinsdictionary.com) |
