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demand one's rights (Anglophile); push for one's rights (cyruss); lay down the law (просторечн. pas_128) | |||
take the moral high ground | |||
make a fuss (The NCB didn’t want to investigate the problem and basically suggested that if the town made a fuss, the mine would be closed and that would be an economic catastrophe.” mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) | |||
put on a dog (Yeldar Azanbayev); put on airs (Yeldar Azanbayev); throw weight about (VLZ_58) | |||
pump license (Ivan Pisarev) | |||
try to play boss (контекстуально 4uzhoj) | |||
throw one's weight around |