Lord it over
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to. idiomatic, transitive
"They were in a manner absolute despots in their little domains, lording it, if so disposed, over both law and gospel, and accountable to none but the mother-country."
- 2 act like the master of wordnet
Example
More examples"They were in a manner absolute despots in their little domains, lording it, if so disposed, over both law and gospel, and accountable to none but the mother-country."
Etymology
From lord over.