lord/master/mistress/king/queen of all you survey
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› If you are lord, master, mistress, king, or queen of all you survey, you own or control the place in which you live or work.Controlling and being in chargeHaving and owning - general words
(Definition of lord/master/mistress/king/queen of all you survey from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Lord knows idiom
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lord noun
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Lord noun (GOD)
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Lord noun (TITLE)
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lord verb
- lord/master/mistress/king/queen of all you survey idiom
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lordly adjective
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lordship noun
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lore noun
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lorgnette noun
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lorikeet noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- -owned suffix
- attach to sb/sth phrasal verb
- be endowed with sth idiom
- bearer noun
- belong to sb phrasal verb
- boast verb (HAVE)
- call verb (CONSIDER)
- glint verb
- hold verb (CONTROL)
- interest noun (LEGAL RIGHT)
- mistress noun (WOMAN IN CONTROL)
- not/never want for anything idiom
- own determiner, pronoun
- owner noun
- ownership noun
- possessive adjective (PERSON)
- proprietress noun
- revert to sb phrasal verb
- stake somewhere/sth out phrasal verb
- title noun (LEGAL RIGHT)
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