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单词 pull rank
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pull rank


Use one's higher status to compel obedience or obtain privileges, as in She hated pulling rank in the office, but sometimes it was necessary. This term comes from the military. [c. 1920]

Words nearby pull rank

pullout, pull out all the stops, pull out of a hat, pullover, pull-quote, pull rank, pull round, pull somebody's leg, pull someone's chain, pull someone's leg, pull something
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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