call the shots
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to exercise authority or be in charge
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- call the tunewear the trousers
- pasttense
- called the shots
- presentparticiple
- calling the shots
- thirdpersonsingular
- calls the shots
- pastparticiple
- called the shots