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单词 lay down the law
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lay down the law

informal

to forcefully make known what you think should happen:

She can't just come into this office and start laying down the law.

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Giving orders & commands

  • all-points bulletin
  • bade
  • boss
  • bossyboots
  • chain of command
  • charge
  • crack the whip idiom
  • defy
  • demand
  • dun
  • enjoin
  • expect
  • forget
  • harry
  • mandate
  • ordain
  • order sb around
  • overbearing
  • prescribed
  • steamroller

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lay down the law

to tell people what they must do, without caring about their opinions:

Some parents talk things through with their kids instead of simply laying down the law.
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