Meaning of pull rank | Babel Free

Definitions

To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees.

Equivalents

Examples

“Graduate schools teach students to use footnotes as authorities — barriers to anyone's questioning the author's conclusions. Professionalism then becomes a matter of pulling rank: the person who has the most footnotes has the last say.”

“And don't try pulling rank again: your answer, not your age, will determine your fate!”

“You can definitely pull rank on me on this —”

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