call the shots

Speech parts

1. call the shots - Verb

2. call the shots - Phrase

Meaning

exercise authority or be in charge

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

wear the trousers call the tune control order rule run head lead direct guide charge command reign handle manage
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Antonyms

brook accept observe stomach obey heed
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Hypernyms

control command

Examples

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best. Mariah Carey

We don't want a dystopian future in which corporations and not democratically elected governments call the shots. We don't want an international order akin to post-democracy or post-law. Alfred de Zayas

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling. Amber Benson

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want. Michael Moore

Who is calling the shots in this house? Source: Internet

Abram didn’t dig in his heals, rather Abram was willing to be willing for God to call the shots and God established a covenant relationship with Abram. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

call the shots

Close letter words and terms

call the name of call the police call the question call the shots in call the signals call the tune