order about

verb

ordered about; ordering about; orders about
chiefly British
: to give orders to (someone) : to tell (someone) what to do
You can't just come in here and start ordering people about.

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Family says risks remain despite convictions The court also ordered about $223,500 in compensation for Inuma’s legal heirs and about $74,500 for Tapullima, the woman wounded in the attack. — Steven Grattan, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Officials ordered about 42,000 people to evacuate their homes, and another 40,000 were placed under evacuation warnings and urged to leave the area. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 The terms were not disclosed and the judge did not make any order about costs. — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026 Perhaps anticipating that, Minnesota officials went to federal court on Saturday, potentially after the scene of Pretti’s shooting had been compromised, and obtained a temporary restraining order about evidence preservation. — Aziz Huq, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for order about

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