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wear the trousers

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

exercise authority or be in charge

MWEWordset Dictionary

Classifications

Cognitive

Understand85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Responsibility

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value
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Automation

Unclassified—authoritativetrigger_default_value
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Variants

synonym
call the shots
pasttense
weared the trousers
presentparticiple
wearing the trousers
thirdpersonsingular
wears the trousers
pastparticiple
weared the trousers