push (someone) around
Definition: to tell someone what to do in a rude and insulting way because you are more powerful.
(This phrasal verb has more than […]

wind (someone) up
Definition: to make someone frustrated, angry or worried by doing or saying something (informal).
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: Daughter: Daddy, […]

pick on (someone)
Definition: to treat someone who is less powerful than you badly and unfairly, often repeatedly.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I […]

tell (someone) off
Definition: to speak to someone in an angry way because they have done something wrong.
E.g.1: I came home late and my mother told […]

put (someone) down
Definition: to criticise someone and make them seem unimportant and foolish.
(This phrasal verb has more than one meaning)
E.g.1: I don’t think their marriage […]