Pecking order
Pecking order noun - The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body.
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Way and pecking order are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Way" instead a noun phrase "Pecking order".
Way
Way noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
Pecking order and way are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pecking order" instead a noun "Way".
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- While generally dumb and nice, he's only this way because of his place in the pecking order.
Source: Dumb Is Good -
Sometimes there's a fierce pecking order in place, with more ambitious (and less scrupulous) members trying to claw their way to the top.
Source: Brotherhood of Funny Hats -
Arroyo frames Walter for a leak to the press as a way of getting the new guy into trouble and teaching him what the pecking order in the squad is.
Source: Series / Golden Boy
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