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Lord It Over

Definition: Lord It Over

Lord It Over

Verb

1. Act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Lord It Over

Synonyms: act superior (v), put on airs (v), queen it over (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Lord It Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Authority

Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity).

Insolence

Domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Lord It Over

English words defined with "lord it over": Seigniorize, Signiorize. (references)
Etymologies containing "lord it over": Seigniorize. (references)

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Expression: Lord It Over

Expression using "lord it over": lord it over him. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Lord It Over

Language Translations for "lord it over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

sillem me dikë si zotëri i madh. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سيطر عليه (lord it over him). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

държа се властно. (various references)

   

Czech

  

komandovat. (various references)

   

French

  

traiter qn de haut (lord it over him), traiter qn avec arrogance (lord it over him). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

uralkodik valaki felett. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

憚る (to have great influence, to have scruples, to hesitate, to lord it over). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

はばかる (to have great influence, to have scruples, to hesitate, to lord it over). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ordlay itay overay

   

Russian 

  

повелевать (adjure), помыкать (maltreat, order about). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

gospodariti nekim (lord it over him). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hacerse el señor sobre él (lord it over him). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

spela herre över. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

emirler yağdırmak (boss about, give orders, order about), amirane davranmak, üstünlük taslamak. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

tra-awdurdodi (domineer). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Lord It Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-o-o-r-r-t-v"

-2 letters: overlord, overtoil.

-3 letters: overlit, redroot, rootier.

-4 letters: devoir, divert, doolie, dotier, drivel, driver, drover, editor, loiter, looted, looter, oolite, oriole, oroide, overdo, retold, retool, revolt, rioted, rioter, roiled, rooted, rooter, tirled, toiled, toiler, toledo, tooled, tooler, torero, toroid, torrid, triode, trover, violet, voider.

-5 letters: devil, direr, diver, divot, dolor, doter, drier, drive, droit, drool.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-o-o-r-r-t-v"
 

+5 letters: dorsoventrality.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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