push around

present singular third person pushes around · participle present pushing around · participle past pushed around · past pushed around

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, around.
2. figurativelytransitiveTo treat contemptuously and unfairly; to bully

   Pushing little children with their fully automatics they like to push the weak around.

   2001, System of a Down, Deer Dance

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   2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ Yaki have just one natural predator, the reticulated python, but they have many enemies. Land clearers are pushing the monkeys around. Roadbuilders are hemming them in. And outlaw trappers have them running for their lives.