BOSSED (AROUND) Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

bossed (around)

verb

past tense of boss (around)

as in instructed

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around

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In May of last year, an Army helicopter that was instructed to fly over the Pentagon helipad forced controllers to order two flights to abort landings at Reagan National Airport to prevent collisions.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
During the testing phase, models are pushed to their limits and are instructed to solve a task or fulfill an objective.

— Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of instructed

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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul ordered an urgent review of gun regulations, including a suspension of new permits to purchase firearms and a review of existing permits, according to a statement from the Government House.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
In a news release Calvo said the closures were not ordered by any outside agency.

— CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of ordered

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Jeff Niklaus, the founder and CEO of Compliant Technologies, told AP by email that the company was unable to comment.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
As far as Davis was told, once the ordeal was handled, the player simply asked for a different helmet and returned to practice.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of told

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Yet for every one of these tremendous leaps forward engineered by Gorbachev, Putin has commanded a sensational step backward.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The officials said Issa, who once commanded Syria's military 17th Division, went to the Syrian embassy in Beirut on Friday for some paperwork.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026

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