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Idiom

drag one's balls across

Meaning

To exert extreme, often aggressive, power or control over; dominate.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The manager likes to drag his balls across the team to show authority.”

“The new director loves to drag his balls across the department, making sure everyone knows he is the one in charge.”

“By forcing the staff to work through the weekend without cause, the executive effectively dragged his balls across the entire organization to demonstrate his absolute dominance.”

Examples

simple

“The manager likes to drag his balls across the team to show authority.”

contextual

“The new director loves to drag his balls across the department, making sure everyone knows he is the one in charge.”

complex

“By forcing the staff to work through the weekend without cause, the executive effectively dragged his balls across the entire organization to demonstrate his absolute dominance.”

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