push around

Verb

Meaning

be bossy towards

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hector bully browbeat bullyrag strong-arm ballyrag boss around dragoon cow railroad dominate boss threaten squeeze menace
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Antonyms

serve assist calm comfort obey discourage
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Hypernyms

intimidate

Hyponyms

domineer tyrannize tyrannise

Examples

People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around. Douglas Adams

BERISH: I resigned from membership in God-I resigned from God. Let Him look for another innkeeper, let Him find another people, let Him push around another Jew-I'm through with Him! MARIA: Don't you worry, Master. You say things, but God isn't angry How could He be? He isn't even listening. Elie Wiesel

Her big brother always bullied her when she was young Source: Internet

I felt badly (well, not really) that all the Lee Child fans had to push around my fat ass to get to mister fancy pants limey writer as I chatted with Our Lady Cornelia. Source: Internet

Wendy's summer push around its Berry Burst salad might be small, but is potentially more interesting for what it doesn't include than for what it does. Source: Internet

We see a large push around automation, orchestration and auto-scaling. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

push along push and shove push apart push aside push aside information push away