preside oversomething
phrasal verbwithpresideverb[I]uk/prɪˈzaɪd/us/prɪˈzaɪd/
to be inchargeof asituationorplace:
Thisgovernmenthaspresidedover some of the mostsignificantchangesineducationthiscentury.
She haspresidedover thedistrictduring aperiodofunprecedentedgrowth.
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- dictate
- guiding principle
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- helm
- override
- plenipotentiary
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- skipper