lay down the law
informalto forcefully make known what you think should happen:
She can't just come into this office and start laying down the law.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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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