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call the tune

verbid 5817·updated Jun 3, 2026
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to exercise authority or be in charge

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Classifications

Cognitive

Evaluate85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Responsibility

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Variants

synonym
call the shots
pasttense
called the tune
presentparticiple
calling the tune
thirdpersonsingular
calls the tune
pastparticiple
called the tune

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
to exercise authority or be in charge
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
to exercise authority or be in charge
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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