push around
Treat someone roughly
To push around is to treat someone in a domineering or bullying way, using authority or physical advantage to control them: He let his older brother push him around.
The phrase implies repeated mistreatment rather than a single incident.
Someone who won't be pushed around refuses to submit to such treatment.
domineer
Rule through intimidation
coerce · intimidate · browbeat · badger · hound · berate · demean · belittle · humiliate · mistreat
control
Authority to direct
direct · pressure · sway · coerce · engineer · handle · use · steer · play · orchestrate
- lord it overbully, intimidate, dominate, oppress, tyrannize