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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over..
Most recently, Allen bigfooted Walter out of the way to explore a merger with SBC Communications, Inc., the largest of the regional Bells.
"Joel is out to get the best and brightest. It is his team to build," Walcott said, his comments appearing to reject speculation that Bloomberg was bigfooting the deputy search.
Clinton is a terrible manager of people. . . . Her White House, if we can glean anything from the campaign, would be a secretive nest of well-fed yes-people, an uncontrollable egomaniac spouse able and willing to bigfoot anyone if he wants to . . . and a drizzle of dreary hacks.
Later, Dick Cheney was Bigfooting around the West Wing, looking for heads.
I mean, for the love of the Force, he's a bigfoot with a gun; how come he's not the baddest badass in the Empire? Instead we get a walking carpet who sucks at board games and has a fetish for restraints.
And he's living a pundit’s dream by being frequently cited—not just by fellow bloggers, but by media bigfeet.
Along with other media bigfeet, I chatted up Rummy and C.I.A. chief George Tenet, both of whom were in on the secret of the capture of Saddam a few hours before.
His combination of brains and bravery–even in the face of his grave miscalculation regarding Dean–when viewed against the smug, shallow self-satisfaction of the media bigfeet who mock him, redounds enormously to Gore’s benefit.
Use bigfoot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bigfoot means (transitive, informal, sometimes capitalized) To control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over..
Common synonyms include push around, pull the strings, swagger, sasquatch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Most recently, Allen bigfooted Walter out of the way to explore a merger with SBC Communications, Inc., the largest of the regional Bells.
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