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power trip

noun

Slang.
  1. an act or instance of exerting one's power, authority, or influence:

    a new supervisor on a power trip.



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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of power trip1

First recorded in 1965–70
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He told TMZ that he was sleeping in the passenger seat when a “Caucasian” officer on a “power trip” slapped him to wake him up.

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The armorer in the calls referred to jurors in her criminal case as “idiots,” and said that Sommer was on a "power trip."

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The call summaries include Ms. Gutierrez-Reed saying that the judge was on a “power trip” and alleging, without evidence, that the judge was “getting paid off.”

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“Americans are making our voices heard and we believe medical decisions are between a patient and doctor — not a patient and a GOP politician on a power trip.”

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They wanted to show that religion-based polygamy didn’t have to be some patriarchal power trip.

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