queen it

Idioms  

1. Act like a queen, domineer, as in She queened it over the family, treating her siblings like servants. This female counterpart of lord it over was used by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale (4:4). [c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

“When you go to a service led by a drag queen it could be spiritually healing,” Admans said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023

“And just meeting the queen of England, just to meet a queen, it was amazing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2023

Harry described it as “charming, full of potential” and told the queen it was a “dream come true.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2023

“When I played the older queen, it was the younger queen that I studied,” she said, adding that she had done so mostly by watching old film.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2015

For this is my life, my glorious reign, And I’ll queen it well in my leafy bower; All shall be bright in my rich domain; I’m queen of the leaf, the bud and the flower.

From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various