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act like you own the place
behave as if you have the right to control a place
If you act like you own the place, you behave as if you have special entitlement or authority there, often irritating other people.
Hear it in real life
Did the new customer complain again?
Yes, she acts like she owns the place.
He walked into the meeting acting like he owned the place.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He acts like he owns a place in the meeting.
Say: He acts like he owns the place in the meeting.
The expression uses “the place” to mean the setting where someone behaves as if in charge.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
act like you own the place; walk in like you own the place
Your turn: say it out loud
He walked into the meeting acting like he owned the place.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
act like you own the place
behave as if you have the right to control a place
“He walked into the meeting acting like he owned the place.”
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