dictate to

Synonyms

dictate domineer tyrannize dogmatize lean on push around boss around lord it over

Examples

No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. Friedrich Schiller

We don't need ‘masters' that dictate to other countries, let alone politicizing and turning the human rights issue into a tool, practicing double standards and interference in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of human rights. Xi Jinping

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully. Spike Lee

I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life. LaToya Jackson

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver. Maori Proverb

The block of wood should not dictate to the carver. New Zealander Proverb

Words in the phrase

dictate to

Close letter words and terms

dictaphonic dictatable dictate dictated dictated but not read dictated by