VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Call the Shots

Meaning:

Make the important decisions in an organization

Examples:

  • Hey, you don't get to call the shots here, Ethan.
  • Everything's easier if you get to call the shots.
  • You still think you can call the shots, eh?
  • I just don't understand why you let the doctor call the shots.
  • And now I get to call the shots.
  • You know, you call the shots, and tonight is all about you.
  • From now on, I call the shots. Got that?
  • This suggests that older workers can call the shots as to their working conditions.
  • I call the shots now, okay?
  • Outside this emergency room you can do whatever you want, but here I call the shots.