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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The roommates began arriving back home and heading to their rooms in the early morning hours, with Kernodle briefly leaving her room to grab a DoorDash order around 4 a.m., Mortensen and Funke told police, according to court documents.
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Taylor Romine, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Taylor Romine, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
See All Example Sentences for order around
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“Order around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20around. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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