The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OVERRIDES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Pulls rank on, in a way crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OVERRIDES | 100 % | 9 |
Why may OVERRIDES be the right solution?
The answer "OVERRIDES" is the right solution because it means "pulls rank on" or exercises authority over someone or something.
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Crossword Answer definitions
OVERRIDES noun- A mechanism, device or procedure used to counteract an automatic control.
- A royalty.
- A device for prioritizing audio signals, such that certain signals receive priority over others.
- A method with the same name and signature as a method in a superclass, which runs instead of that method, when an object of the subclass is involved.
- To ride across or beyond something.
- To ride a horse too hard.
- To counteract the normal operation of something; to countermand with orders of higher priority.
- To define a new behaviour of a method by creating the same method of the superclass with the same name and signature.
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