call the shots

[call the shots] {v. phr.}, {informal} To give orders; be in charge; direct; control.

* /Bob is a first-rate leader who knows how to call the shots./

* /The quarterback called the shots well, and the team gained twenty yards in five plays./

Syn.: CALL THE TUNE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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