Usage of "lord it over"

Portuguese

Act like the master of.

Usage of lord it over in English

I guess that gave him the right to lord it over her. 
 Karen Memory 

But never at any time did he lord it over his generals. 
 The Life of Abraham Lincoln 

Sons began to lord it over sires, and wives dominated over husbands. 
 The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,... 

Frank Sedley don't lord it over me much longer, you better believe! 
 All Aboard; or, Life on the Lake / A Sequel to "The Boat Club" 

Christ says: You know the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them. 
 Fifty-Two Story Talks to Boys and Girls 

He believed the Jacobins would yet lord it over the Continent. 
 The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) 

Creole Negroes invariably consider themselves superior people, and lord it over the native Africans. 
 The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 

You lord it over me; your beauty is a steward 
 The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights. Vol. 1 

Go home, then, with your ships and comrades to lord it over the Myrmidons. 
 The Iliad 

They don't want to lord it over all the world. 
 The Devil's Paw 

We don't see why you big girls should lord it over us any longer. 
 A Popular Schoolgirl 

Pray who gave you authority to lord it over me? 
 Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War 

Let Decabalus lord it over them if he wishes. 
 Imperatrix 

So Niagara Falls, the Grand Cañon, the Rockies, and California generally lord it over America. 
 Vanishing Roads and Other Essays 

He did not want to lord it over others. 
 The King Nobody Wanted 

Don't let any new boys lord it over you. 
 The Rover Boys at Colby Hall; or, The Struggles of the Young Cad... 

Translations for lord it over

Portuguese

Meanings of lord it over in English