"boss about" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "boss + about",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bosses about",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "bossing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "bossed about",
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      "form": "bossed about",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior."
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        [
          "bossy",
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        [
          "ordering",
          "ordering"
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        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "boss around"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
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  "word": "boss about"
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      "expansion": "about",
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  "etymology_text": "boss + about",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bosses about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bossing about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bossed about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bossed about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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      "glosses": [
        "To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bossy",
          "bossy"
        ],
        [
          "ordering",
          "ordering"
        ],
        [
          "superior",
          "superior"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "boss around"
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  "word": "boss about"
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