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baas | ⇆ baas; ⇆ boss; ⇆ champion; ⇆ chief; ⇆ crack; ⇆ employer; ⇆ foreman; ⇆ gaffer; ⇆ governor; ⇆ landlord; ⇆ lord; ⇆ manager; ⇆ master; ⇆ mister; ⇆ owner; ⇆ taskmaster; ⇆ top dog |
baas wees | ⇆ run the show |
die baas speel oor | ⇆ preside over |
hy was ons die baas | ⇆ he was one too many for us |
iemand die baas wees | ⇆ manage somebody |
jou eie baas wees | ⇆ be one’s own master; ⇆ be one’s own man |
baaskaart | ⇆ master card |
baasmesselaar | ⇆ master mason |
baasraak | ⇆ bring under; ⇆ cope; ⇆ subdue; ⇆ manage; ⇆ master; ⇆ negotiate; ⇆ oust; ⇆ overcome; ⇆ overmaster |
baasruiter | ⇆ rough‐rider |
baasseeman | ⇆ leading rating |
baasskap | ⇆ championship; ⇆ paramountcy |
baasskut | ⇆ crack shot |
baasspeel | ⇆ boss; ⇆ boss the show; ⇆ wear the breeches; ⇆ bully; ⇆ domineer; ⇆ hector; ⇆ lord; ⇆ lord it over; ⇆ overrule; ⇆ rule the roost |
baasspeler | ⇆ bully; ⇆ caveman; ⇆ crack player; ⇆ dominator; ⇆ hector; ⇆ swashbuckler |
baastimmerman | ⇆ master carpenter |
baasvlieënier | ⇆ ace; ⇆ flying ace |
baasvlieër | ⇆ ace; ⇆ flying ace |
baasvoorman | ⇆ charge‐hand; ⇆ chargeman |
baserig | ⇆ domineering |
bobaas | ⇆ top dog; ⇆ master; ⇆ overmatch; ⇆ past master; ⇆ screamer; ⇆ top‐notcher; ⇆ top‐sawyer |
boubaas | ⇆ master builder |
drilbaas | ⇆ coach |
drukkersbaas | ⇆ master printer |
fabrieksbaas | ⇆ factory owner |
geldbaas | ⇆ capitalist; ⇆ plutocrat; ⇆ tycoon |
hotelbaas | ⇆ hotelier; ⇆ innkeeper |
huisbaas | ⇆ landlord |
joggiebaas | ⇆ caddie‐master |
mynbaas | ⇆ mine owner |
onderbaas | ⇆ charge‐hand; ⇆ change‐hand; ⇆ changeman; ⇆ chargeman |
oubaas | ⇆ gaffer; ⇆ pater |
pakhuisbaas | ⇆ storekeeper |
pandjiesbaas | ⇆ pawnbroker; ⇆ uncle |
perkbaas | ⇆ green‐keeper; ⇆ green‐ranger; ⇆ green‐warden |
ploegbaas | ⇆ foreman; ⇆ ganger; ⇆ shift‐boss |
skofbaas | ⇆ shift‐boss |
spanbaas | ⇆ foreman; ⇆ squad ganger |
toneelbaas | ⇆ property‐man; ⇆ property‐master |
vegtersbaas | ⇆ slasher |