VB  authorize, warrant, dictate, be at the head of, hold office, be in office, fill an office, hold master, occupy master, a post master, be master, have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip, gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost, boss, override, overrule, overawe, lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches, have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb, be master of the situation, take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion, give the law to, carry with a high hand, lay down the law, ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm, rule with a rod of iron.

VB  command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders, prescribe, set, appoint, mark out, set a task, prescribe a task, impose a task, set to work, put in requisition, bid, enjoin, charge, call upon, instruct, require at the hands of, exact, impose, tax, task, demand, insist on, claim, lay claim to, revendicate, reclaim, cite, summon, call for, send for, subpoena, beckon, issue a command, make a requisition, issue a requisition, promulgate a requisition, make a decree, issue a decree, promulgate a decree, make an order, issue an order, promulgate an order, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command, remand, be ordered, receive an order.

VB  be insolent, bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust, swear, rap out oaths, roister, arrogate, assume, presume, make bold, make free, take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell, domineer, bully, dictate, hector, lord it over, traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas, exact, snub, huff, beard, fly in the face of, put to the blush, bear down, beat down, browbeat, intimidate, trample down, tread down, trample under foot, dragoon, ride roughshod over, out face, outlook, outstare, outbrazen, outbrave, stare out of countenance, brazen out, lay down the law, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, assume a lofty bearing, talk big, look big, put on big looks, act the grand seigneur, mount the high horse, ride the high horse, toss the head, carry, with a high hand, tempt Providence, want snuffing.

VB  be certain, stand to reason, render certain, insure, ensure, assure, clinch, make sure, determine, decide, set at rest, make assurance double sure, know, dogmatize, lay down the law.

VB  assert, make an assertion, have one's say, say, affirm, predicate, declare, state, protest, profess, put forth, put forward, advance, allege, propose, propound, enunciate, broach, set forth, hold out, maintain, contend, pronounce, pretend, depose, depone, aver, avow, avouch, asseverate, swear, make oath, take one's oath, make an affidavit, swear an affidavit, put in an affidavit, take one's Bible oath, kiss the book, vow, vitam impendere vero, swear till one is black in the face, swear till one is blue in the face, swear till all's blue, be sworn, call Heaven to witness, vouch, warrant, certify, assure, swear by bell book and candle, swear by, insist upon, take one's stand upon, emphasize, lay stress on, assert roundly, assert positively, lay down, lay down the law, raise one's voice, dogmatize, have the last word, rap out, repeat, reassert, reaffirm, announce, acknowledge, attest, adjure.

action at law, administrative law, admiralty law, against the law, all-or-none law, anti-drug law, anti-racketeering law, antitrust law, avogadro's law, back down, bargain down, batten down, bear down, bear down on, bear down upon, beat down, bed down, belt down, benford's law, bernard law montgomery, bernoulli's law, blow down, blue law, blue sky law, bog down, boil down, bolt down, boltzmann distribution law, bow down, bowed down, boyle's law, break down, break the law, bring down, broken down, brush down, buckle down, bunk down, burn down, bye law, call down, calm down, camp down, canon law, cascade down, case law, cast down, charles's law, choke down, chop down, civil law, clamp down, clamp down on, climb down, close down, color of law, colour of law, come down, come down on, commercial law, common law, conclusion of law, contract law, cool down, corporation law, coulomb's law, count down, crack down, crack down on, criminal law, cut down, dalton's law, dalton's law of partial pressures, dash down, deep down, die down, distribution law, divine law, doss down, down, down at the heel, down easter, down feather, down in the mouth, down pat, down payment, down quark, down syndrome, down the drain, down the stairs, down town, down under, drag down, dress down, dressing down, drink down, drop down, duck down, due process of law, dwindle down, easy lay, ebb down, ecclesiastical law, equality before the law, equilibrium law, european law enforcement organisation, face down, fall down, fechner's law, federal job safety law, federal law enforcement training center, fight down, finding of law, first law of motion, first law of thermodynamics, flag down, flap down, flump down, flush down, fraud in law, frederick law olmsted, freeze down, fundamental law, gag law, game law, garbage down, gay-lussac's law, gestalt law of organization, get down, go down, go down on, goose down, gresham's law, grimm's law, grind down, gun down, hampshire down, hand down, handed down, hands down, hanging down, harmonic law, have down, henry's law, higher law, hold down, homestead law, hooke's law, hoot down, hose down, hubble law, hubble's law, hunker down, hunkered down, hunt down, international law, international law enforcement agency, islamic law, john l. h. down, jot down, joule's law, jumping up and down, keep down, kepler's first law, kepler's law, kepler's law of planetary motion, kepler's second law, kepler's third law, kick down, kip down, knock down, knuckle down, law, law abiding, law agent, law degree, law enforcement, law enforcement agency, law firm, law merchant, law of action and reaction, law of archimedes, law of areas, law of averages, law of chemical equilibrium, law of closure, law of common fate, law of conservation of energy, law of conservation of mass, law of conservation of matter, law of constant proportion, law of continuation, law of definite proportions, law of diminishing returns, law of effect, law of equal areas, law of equivalent proportions, law of gravitation, law of independent assortment, law of large numbers, law of mass action, law of moses, law of motion, law of multiple proportions, law of nations, law of nature, law of parsimony, law of partial pressures, law of proximity, law of reciprocal proportions, law of segregation, law of similarity, law of the land, law of thermodynamics, law of volumes, law offender, law officer, law practice, law school, law student, lay, lay aside, lay away, lay before, lay by, lay claim, lay down, lay eyes on, lay figure, lay hands on, lay in, lay into, lay it on thick, lay low, lay off, lay on, lay on the line, lay out, lay over, lay reader, lay shaft, lay the foundation, lay to, lay to rest, lay up, lay waste, lay waste to, lay witness, le chatelier's law, let down, letting down, lie down, live down, load down, loaded down, look down on, look down upon, low down, lynch law, marconi's law, marine law, mariotte's law, maritime law, mark down, martial law, matrimonial law, matter of law, maxwell-boltzmann distribution law, melt down, mendel's law, mendeleev's law, mercantile law, military law, mosaic law, mow down, murphy's law, nail down, narrow down, natural law, newton's first law, newton's first law of motion, newton's law, newton's law of gravitation, newton's law of motion, newton's second law, newton's second law of motion, newton's third law, newton's third law of motion, ohm's law, organic law, pare down, parkinson's law, parliamentary law, pascal's law, pascal's law of fluid pressures, patent law, peg down, periodic law, pin down, pipe down, place down, planck's law, planck's radiation law, plank down, play down, plonk down, plump down, plunk down, poor law, pour down, power law, practice of law, press down, press down on, public law, pull down, push down, put down, question of law, quiet down, rain down, ram down, ratchet down, rattle down, rejoicing in the law, rejoicing of the law, rejoicing over the law, remain down, roll down, roman law, rope down, round down, rub down, rule of law, run down, sag down, salic law, scale down, school of law, second law of motion, second law of thermodynamics, securities law, send down, set down, settle down, shake down, sharia law, shariah law, shoot down, shout down, shower down, shut down, simmer down, sir bernard law montgomery, sit down, sit down strike, sit down with, sleek down, slick down, slide down, slim down, slow down, slowing down, sluice down, sod's law, sound law, split down, sponge down, stamp down, stand down, stare down, statute law, statutory law, steady down, step down, stepping down, stevens' law, stevens' power law, strike down, strip down, swan's down, swill down, swoop down upon, take down, take lying down, talk down, tamp down, tax law, tear down, tearing down, third law of motion, third law of thermodynamics, throw down, thumbs down, tie down, tone down, toned down, touch down, track down, tramp down, tread down, trim down, tune down, turn down, turn thumbs down, turn upside down, unwritten law, up and down, upside down, valued-policy law, van't hoff's law, verner's law, vote down, wash down, water down, watered down, wear down, weber's law, weber-fechner law, weigh down, weighed down, weight down, weighted down, whack down, whittle down, wolf down, write down, written down, zeroth law of thermodynamics