lord it over

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

lord it over
    v 1: act like the master of; "He is lording it over the
         students" [syn: {lord it over}, {queen it over}, {put on
         airs}, {act superior}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "lord it over":
      beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate,
      clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, domineer,
      domineer over, enslave, grind, grind down, henpeck, intimidate,
      keep down, keep under, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster,
      override, press heavy on, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over,
      subjugate, suppress, terrorize, trample down, trample upon,
      tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman,
      walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on