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

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

Type of: command, control

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call mark
call number
call off
call on
call on the carpet
call one's bluff
call option
call out
call sign
call the shots
call the tune
call to order
call up
call waiting
Calla
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calla lily
Calla palustris
callable
Callaghan
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