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pull rank

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pull rank
to use the power that your position gives you over someone in order to make them do what you want. He doesn't have the authority to pull rank on me any more. (often + on) She was boss of forty or more people but, to her credit, she never once pulled rank.
See also: pull, rank
pull rank
to use the power of your job or position to make someone do what you want. Some of the seniors in our school pull rank on the younger kids and force them to run errands for them.
See also: pull, rank
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