run the show

Verb

Meaning

run the show (third-person singular simple present runs the show, present participle running the show, simple past ran the show, past participle run the show)

(idiomatic) To be the leader, to be in charge

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The big fish run the show. I'm a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous. Roberto Cavalli

If you give only 80 percent leadership, your dog will give you 80 percent following. And the other 20 percent of the time he will run the show. If you give your dog any opportunity for him to lead you, he will take it. Cesar Millan

Big Tech will run the show then. Source: Internet

More than a decade later, when I taught there, I found my students still using the term. Face facts, however: those “toolbags,” today, now run the show in Washington (and despite their busy schedules, they still find time to socialize as a group). Source: Internet

No matter how well you prepare yourself, you are not going to be able to run the show. Source: Internet

From Nixon on, the leadership of the party has tacitly proposed the following deal: Vote for us, and we'll run the show in your name, using our power and expertise to benefit both you and the country as a whole. Source: Internet

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