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Gruzovik помычка
order someone about ['ɔ:də(r)ə'baut]
disappr., brit. командовать (кем-либо; англ. выражение требует дополнения; Here's a good example of it: 'I took no umbrage, accordingly, if umbrage is the thing you take when people start ordering you about, making allowances for his state of mind.' (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver); приказывать (кому-либо; англ. выражение требует дополнения В.И.Макаров); распоряжаться (кем-либо; англ. выражение требует дополнения); помыкать (кем-либо; англ. выражение требует дополнения)
order about ['ɔ:də(r)ə'baut]
gen. командовать
inf. помыкать (with instr.)
 English thesaurus
order someone about ['ɔ:də(r)ə'baut]
disappr., brit. to keep telling someone what to do as if you have authority over them, in a way that annoys people (macmillandictionary.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)
ordering about: 17 phrases in 5 subjects
Disapproving2
General9
Informal1
Makarov4
Scientific1