order about
phrasal verb
ordered about; ordering about; orders about
chiefly British
: to give orders to (someone) : to tell (someone) what to do
You can't just come in here and start ordering people about.
Examples of order about in a Sentence
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Her mother filed for a protective order about a month later, and it was granted through 2027.
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Hegseth's Quantico meeting invite Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 800 senior military leaders stationed around the world to come to a last-minute meeting Sept. 30 in northern Virginia.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The Steelers did hold their American flags at half-mast, observing a Trump order about flags on public grounds (which some state and local officials meanwhile ignored).
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
The maintenance records were also supplied in an email to Texas Rangers, who used a yellow highlighter to mark up the work orders about the doors.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
The president has already moved the D.C.’s Police Department under federal control and ordered about 2,000 troops to patrol the nation’s capital.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
The Defense Department ordered about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 Marines.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
About a month earlier, in May, the Justice Department alleges that Gann ordered about two pounds of potassium perchlorate and another pound of aluminum powder, along with more than 200 cardboard tubes and 50 feet worth of fuses.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 July 2025
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
Hegseth's Quantico meeting invite Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered about 800 senior military leaders stationed around the world to come to a last-minute meeting Sept. 30 in northern Virginia.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The Steelers did hold their American flags at half-mast, observing a Trump order about flags on public grounds (which some state and local officials meanwhile ignored).
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
The maintenance records were also supplied in an email to Texas Rangers, who used a yellow highlighter to mark up the work orders about the doors.
—Matthew J. Friedman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
The president has already moved the D.C.’s Police Department under federal control and ordered about 2,000 troops to patrol the nation’s capital.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2025
The Defense Department ordered about 4,000 California National Guard troops and 700 Marines.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
About a month earlier, in May, the Justice Department alleges that Gann ordered about two pounds of potassium perchlorate and another pound of aluminum powder, along with more than 200 cardboard tubes and 50 feet worth of fuses.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 July 2025
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“Order about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/order%20about. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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