order somebody around
order somebody about BrE

"I am not a child to be ordered about in such a manner."

"I will not be ordered about by my own prisoner."

I have no right to do that, and you are too old to be ordered about, if I had.

In my own home I'm not much more than another servant to be ordered about.

He was not accustomed to being ordered about, and it amused him.

Though still in Jacob's grip, he is not to be ordered about.

And some will feel pushed around and ordered about, whatever party is in power.

I won't be ordered about by you or anyone else.

Such are not to be ordered about by any man without reason.

How humiliating, thought Amanda, to be ordered about by a little black boy of less than half own age.

I order about one to two books a month from Amazon.com.

You're likely to order about six dishes, so take a chance on at least one of them.

The department plans to order about 11,000 of the units.

I will order about six and still get stuck with one or two.

"When was this plan first ordered and who knows about it?"

For American, he said, the deal will bring $650 million at time when it is planning to order about $7 billion worth of new planes.

Her father ordered the cover story about the woman in the red Nissan.

He ordered a similar prohibition against the sale of any movie rights about the case.

And the department ordered $1.6 million worth of salt, about 50,000 tons.

He ordered the guests to seat themselves about the library.