boss
verb/bɒs/
/bɔːs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they boss | /bɒs/ /bɔːs/ |
| he / she / it bosses | /ˈbɒsɪz/ /ˈbɔːsɪz/ |
| past simple bossed | /bɒst/ /bɔːst/ |
| past participle bossed | /bɒst/ /bɔːst/ |
| -ing form bossing | /ˈbɒsɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːsɪŋ/ |
- boss somebody (about/around) to tell somebody what to do in an aggressive and/or annoying way
- I'm sick of you bossing me around!
- boss something (informal) to be very good at or in control of something
- She's bossing it in the music business despite being only 18.
- City were bossing the game and scored two quick goals.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally US): from Dutch baas ‘master’.
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