encroach on/uponsomething
phrasal verbwithencroachverbuk/ɪnˈkrəʊtʃ/us/ɪnˈkroʊtʃ/
tograduallytake away someone else'srights, or to takecontrolof someone'stime,work, etc.:
What thecompanyisproposingencroaches on therightsofindividuals.
Iresentit that myjobisstartingto encroach on myfamilylife.
tograduallycovermore and more of anareaofland:
They havepromisedthat thedevelopmentwill not encroach onpublicland.
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- authoritatively
- commanding
- dictate
- harness
- have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
- havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
- havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
- have/hold the whip handidiom
- helm
- override
- police
- policing
- possess
- power play
- predominate
- skipper
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