Command Definition
- call-the-shots
- have the whip hand
- have the upper hand
- wrap around one's finger
- be in the driver's seat
- be in the saddle
- run-the-show
- crack-the-whip
- rule-the-roost
- be the boss of
- hold-the-reins
- take charge of
- have the deciding voice
- regulate
- move
- available or ready for someone to direct or make use of at will
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Command
- at someone's command
Origin of Command
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From Old French comander (modern French commander), from Vulgar Latin *commandare, from Latin commendare, from com- + mandare, from mandō (“I order, command”). Compare commend, mandate.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English commaunden from Old French comander from Late Latin commandāre Latin com- intensive pref. com– Latin mandāre to entrust man-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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