lord it over

phrase

: 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.

Examples of lord it over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jesse craves legitimacy; Noah's goal is to enter the 1990s as the hundred-million-dollar man, and to lord it over his brother. — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026

Like Paul, Charlie did not use his incredible intellect to lord it over his interlocutors. — Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025

If their economies are intertwined, as is often the case, rivals wield trade as a weapon, seeking to monopolize the production of strategic goods and lord it over the other side. — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023

The cancelation of the game meant an entire year without someone being able to lord it over their best friends. — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2021

Neither the townsfolk nor the tourists lord it over the others or pity each other. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 17 Nov. 2021

And Kate Hudson was her superficial, backstab-y BFF who basically dated the guy to lord it over Goodwin’s character. — Rose Maura Lorre, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2021

Rhymes for lord it over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover