the top of the pecking order

The top of a hierarchy within a group or organization. He's at the top of the pecking order in this company, so he's got a lot of influence over how things are run. She started as a mailroom clerk, then spent 20 years climbing to the top of the pecking order.

See also: of, order, peck, top

See also:

be going great guns
French leave
dirt nap
be not short of a few bob
be whistling in the dark
be green
gooseberry
green as a gooseberry
be (as) green as a gooseberry
have had a drop too much

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