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Definition of Call the shots
1. Verb. Exercise authority or be in charge. "Who is calling the shots in this house?"
Definition of Call the shots
1. Verb. (idiomatic chiefly US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Call The Shots
Literary usage of Call the shots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The early-warning approach requires that scientists call the shots as they see
them and remember that debate is central to scientific progress. ..."
2. IRS Restructuring: Congressional Hearings edited by William V. Roth, Jr. (1999)
"... people because you have to call the shots as they are. And frankly, I do not
see that situation existing in this organization. Well, thank you very much ..."
3. Bolivia and Coca by James Painter (1994)
"DEA officials stress that they are merely helping the Bolivian government in its
efforts, but it is quite clear that they call the shots.7 Such domination ..."
4. The Development Decade?: Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2004 by Vishnu Padayachee (2007)
"This is not to say that its members are not idealistic or committed to co-operatives,
but that larger forces call the shots.27 ..."
5. Financial Services Reform: Congressional Hearing edited by Michael G. Oxley (1999)
"He is going to call the shots. You want each of those agencies to say, if you
find the problem, and you think that there is a need to take action, ..."
6. The Legitimacy of International Organizations by Jean-Marc Coicaud (2001)
"... no longer able to call the shots, it will have no choice but to rely more
heavily on consensual governance and multilateral institutions to manage ..."
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