pull rank
Definition of pull rank
: to use one's high position in a society, organization, group, etc., to order someone to do something or to get special treatment or privileges He's their boss, but he doesn't like to pull rank (on them) if he can avoid it.
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Word by Word Definitions
: to exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force
: to stretch (cooling candy) repeatedly
: to strain abnormally
: the act or an instance of pulling
: a draft of liquid
: an inhalation of smoke
: luxuriantly or excessively vigorous in growth
: offensively gross or coarse : foul
: grown too large
: row, series
: a row of people
: a line of soldiers ranged side by side in close order
: to arrange in lines or in a regular formation
: to determine the relative position of : rate
: to take precedence of
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