Idiom
lord it over
Meaning
To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He likes to lord it over his younger brother.”
“She got a promotion and now she tries to lord it over everyone in the office.”
“Despite his lack of actual authority, he continued to lord it over his colleagues, creating a tense and resentful atmosphere in the department.”
Examples
simple
“He likes to lord it over his younger brother.”
contextual
“She got a promotion and now she tries to lord it over everyone in the office.”
complex
“Despite his lack of actual authority, he continued to lord it over his colleagues, creating a tense and resentful atmosphere in the department.”
Origin
From lord over.
Key words
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