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Meanings of underlings in English

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Usage of underlings in English
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Sorrento didn't return these salutes or acknowledge his underlings in any way.
Ready Player One
2
His word was law and his underlings scrambled to do his bidding.
Darkness unleashed
3
The task for Carney is to know when to overrule his underlings.
The Guardian
4
If it be more I shall put mine underlings to the task.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
5
He never runs for office-he leaves that risky, soiling task to underlings.
The new yorker
6
His underlings started forward, only to be waved off by their master.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
7
She was ushered in to Ransome himself, instead of halting with underlings.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
8
I never trifle with underlings when the responsible heads are at hand.
The House / An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer,...
9
Raoul had confiscated his pack, given it to one of his underlings.
Map of bones
10
Outrage after outrage might turn out to be the work of underlings.
The Arian Controversy
11
One of the underlings of before came in bearing a radio transceiver.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
12
Being voracious creatures, they will not want to share with their underlings.
The Wyrmling Horde
13
Even better, one of his own underlings was fingered as the culprit.
Shadow's son
14
I wouldn't be satisfied with no underlings in a case like that.
The Penal Cluster
15
Send the count out to the rude world to associate with underlings?
Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
16
Miko, Moa and Coniston, with their five underlings, could not be found.
Brigands of the Moon
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