show who's boss (English, verb)
expansion: show who's boss (third-person singular simple present shows who's boss, present participle showing who's boss, simple past showed who's boss, past participle shown who's boss)
Senses:
glosses: To demonstrate oneself to be dominant; to show that one has the upper hand.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To demonstrate that one is dominant over or superior to someone; to establish that one has control of some device or intractable object.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: shows who's boss
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: showing who's boss
tags: participle
present
form: showed who's boss
tags: past
form: shown who's boss
tags: participle
past
form: show who's the boss
tags: alternative