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Qual a tradução de "boss around", como no texto abaixo?


You might not know exactly what he was up to, but you always knew when he was in there. Like that gloomy autumn morning when the phone began to ring. Shadows were groping along the gaps between the batteries and smoke was coiling over the wall. I threw my ratchet down and wiped my greasy hands. It's a cinch the old man wasn't going to move. Not while there was a high school graduate he could boss around. Besides, he was playing cards with a couple of friends.