"lord it over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lord it over.ogg [Australia] Forms: lords it over [present, singular, third-person], lording it over [participle, present], lorded it over [participle, past], lorded it over [past]
Etymology: From lord over. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lord over}} lord over Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lord it over (third-person singular simple present lords it over, present participle lording it over, simple past and past participle lorded it over)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Related terms: put on airs Translations (to behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to): ylpeillä (Finnish), pöyhkeillä (Finnish), rehvastella (Finnish), herrastella (Finnish), darsi delle arie (Italian), tirarsela (Italian), dominari (Latin), panoszyć [imperfective] (Polish), rozpanoszyć [perfective] (Polish), кома́ндовать (komándovatʹ) (Russian), госпо́дствовать (gospódstvovatʹ) (Russian), señorear (Spanish), dünyaları ben yarattım havasında olmak (Turkish), büyüklenmek (Turkish), büyüklük taslamak (Turkish)

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