in the saddle

[in the saddle] adv. or {adj. phr.}

In command; in control; in a position to order or boss others.

* /Mr. Park was in the saddle when he had over half the company's stock./

* /Getting appointed chief of police put Stevens in the saddle./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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