in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 order about
PHRASAL VERB 把…差来遣去;不断支使 If you say that someone is ordering you around or is ordering you about, you mean they are telling you what to do as if they have authority over you, and you dislike this. 把…差来遣去;不断支使 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
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When we're out he gets really bossy and starts ordering me around. [VERB noun PREP.]
当我们在外面的时候,他变得很爱发号施令,开始不停地让我干这干那。
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Grandmother felt free to order her about just as she wished. [VERB noun PREP.]
奶奶毫不客气地随意支使她。