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call the shots

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call the shots
to make the important decisions. The company was more successful when just one or two people were calling the shots.
Related vocabulary: call the tune, run the show
See also: call, shot
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Now there are a growing number of people of color behind the scenes, where owners, general managers, and coaches call the shots and control the economics, according to the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics, which publishes annual report cards that evaluate the minority hiring practices of major sports leagues.
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2 billion, a stake so large that at most modern corporations they would call the shots.
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Special interests pick up the tab, which is why they call the shots.
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