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show someone who's boss
idiom(alsoshow someone who's the boss)
to prove to someone that you are the best, most powerful, etc.:
She joins an all-male team of reporters determined to show them who's boss.
They sent thousands of troops to the region to show everyone who's the boss.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
aggrandize
assert your authority
assume
assumption
authoritative
cynical
get the better of someoneidiom
get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom
get/fall into the wrong handsidiom
govern
guiding principle
paternalistically
peremptorily
peremptory
play Godidiom
plenipotentiary
slow
tame
wrangle
wrangler
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