Ride-herd-on Definition
verb
(idiomatic, US) To supervise a group of people, such as workers, and/or their actions, i.e. their work.
But Rabbit feels as though he owns it all, showing up at the showroom day after day, riding herd on the paperwork and the payroll [...]. - Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike.
As the new editor, his job is to ride herd on the staff and check on the tone of the articles.
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Origin of Ride-herd-on
From the cowboy task of driving cattle while riding along with them.
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