Captain and Overrule

Captain

Captain verb - To be in charge of.

Overrule and captain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overrule" instead a verb "Captain".

Nearby Words: captained, captainship, captaincy, captaining

Overrule

Overrule verb - Rule against.

Captain and overrule are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captain" instead a verb "Overrule".

Nearby Word: overruling

Common collocations

way captain way overrule way
act captain act overrule act

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Rihannsu In Rihannsu culture, the loyalty to one’s ship and captain is supposed to overrule all others.
  • Film / Creature from the Black Lagoon Beware the Nice Ones: Captain Lucas is a perfectly friendly man, but if you try to overrule his authority as captain he will not hesitate to pull a knife on you.
  • Series / Would I Lie to You? Drunk with Power: Played for laughs in the episode where Greg Davies fills in as team captain for Lee and proceeds to overrule both of his teammates with his answer... only to get it wrong.Rob Brydon: Not as easy as it looks, is it?
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