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Verb: call the shots
  1. Exercise authority or be in charge
    "Who is calling the shots in this house?"
    - call the tune, wear the trousers

Derived forms: calling the shots, calls the shots, called the shots

Type of: command, control

Encyclopedia: Call the shots

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