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单词 ride herd on sb/sth
释义
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ride herd on sb/sth

US

to be responsible for controlling a group of people and their actions:

The new editor will ride herd on the staff, checking on the overall policy and tone of the paper.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Controlling and being in charge

  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • balance of power
  • divide
  • dominant
  • have sb by the balls idiom
  • have sb eating out of your hand idiom
  • have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
  • have sth in hand idiom
  • have/hold the whip hand idiom
  • heel
  • hook
  • preside over sth
  • pull
  • pull rank idiom
  • pull the strings idiom
  • putty
  • rein

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