Definition of lord it over
: to act in a way that shows one thinks one is better or more important than (someone)
She knows she's very smart and lords it over her younger brothers. He got the only A in the class and was lording it over his classmates.
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“Lord it over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lord%20it%20over. Accessed 24 Jan. 2022.
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