Meaning of ride herd on | Babel Free
Definitions
To supervise.
US, idiomatic, transitive
Examples
“As the new editor, his job is to ride herd on the staff and check on the tone of the articles.”
“But Rabbit feels as though he owns it all, showing up at the showroom day after day, riding herd on the paperwork and the payroll […]”
“2013, Lori Wilde, Love at First Sight She'd gotten swept up in running the B&B and riding herd on her sister, Zoey, but she'd kept the faith.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.