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Pronunciation / Transliteration: aadesh dena
"उसे अपने दोस्तों को आदेश देना पसंद नहीं है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To give orders to someone in a domineering or authoritative manner.
"She tends to boss her younger siblings around, making them do her chores." - 2
To manage or direct someone in a way that is perceived as overbearing.
"He doesn't like it when his coworkers boss him around at work."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'boss around' combines the noun 'boss', derived from the Dutch 'baas', meaning 'master' or 'overseer', with the preposition 'around', indicating direction or manner. This phrase emerged in American English in the early 20th century, evolving to convey the act of directing or controlling someone in a domineering way.
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donner des ordres
Transliteration: donné des ordres
"Elle aime donner des ordres à ses frères."
herumkommandieren
Transliteration: herumkommandieren
"Er mag es nicht, wenn man ihn herumkommandiert."
comandare
Transliteration: comandare
"Non mi piace quando mi comandano."
mandar
Transliteration: mandar
"A ella le gusta mandar a sus amigos."
mandar
Transliteration: mandar
"Ele não gosta que o mandem."
आदेश देना
Transliteration: aadesh dena
"उसे अपने दोस्तों को आदेश देना पसंद नहीं है।"
发号施令
Transliteration: fā hào shī lìng
"他不喜欢别人发号施令。"
명령하다
Transliteration: myeongnyeonghada
"그는 누군가가 그를 명령하는 것을 좋아하지 않는다."
命令する
Transliteration: meirei suru
"彼は誰かに命令されるのが好きではない。"
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