order around
idiom
: to give orders to (someone) : to tell (someone) what to do
You can't just come in here and start ordering people around.
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On June 15, the Associated Press reported that Washington would soon order around 4,000 more U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan; a formal announcement is expected in the coming weeks.
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Aaron B. O'Connell, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2017
An additional risk to an expanding NATO is the international order around it.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2022
The department lifted the shelter-in-place order around 9 p.m. Saturday night, but maintained a Level 2 public health advisory calling for sensitive populations to stay indoors.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
But one of the most important was the immediate legacy of World War II — and, specifically, the Truman administration’s effort to build a postwar order around the principle of national sovereignty.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Aaron B. O'Connell, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2017
An additional risk to an expanding NATO is the international order around it.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2022
The department lifted the shelter-in-place order around 9 p.m. Saturday night, but maintained a Level 2 public health advisory calling for sensitive populations to stay indoors.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
But one of the most important was the immediate legacy of World War II — and, specifically, the Truman administration’s effort to build a postwar order around the principle of national sovereignty.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Order around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20around. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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