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call the tune

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call the tune
to have the most power and authority in a situation In this part of the mortgage market, the banks call the tune.
Related vocabulary: call the shots
See also: call, tune


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After all, even in the brave new world of the Internet, the richest companies usually get to call the tune.
Let the people call the tune,'' says the man whose film credits include ``The Mission.
And such work has become all the rage in today's glutted office market, where tenants call the tune and landlords dance as fast as they can.
 
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