call the shots

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to be the person who controls a situation

   They got them all. So they call the shots.

   But when I pay for the ride, I'm the employer, and I call the shots.

In the movies · 6

• Fuck, man. Someone's gotta call the shots when you're MIA.Dinner in America2020
• But when I pay for the ride, I'm the employer, and I call the shots.Interstate 602002
• You're ready to spit nails because you can't call the shots.Steel Magnolias1989
• Don't worry. We call the shots around here.The Insider1999
• They got them all. So they call the shots.Fargo1996
• As long as we're handling the money they have to let us call the shots.A Simple Plan1998
• And you control it, and you call the shots.Klute1971
• Called shot by the Babe.The Sandlot1993

Learn it in full scenes

• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test
• Steel Magnolias1989
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Truvy Hires Annelle
  • Shelby's Wedding Morning
• Fargo1996
  • Jerry Hires Two Kidnappers
  • Jerry Haggles With the Kidnappers
  • Jerry Sells the TruCoat

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• call bluff
• call into play
• call into question
• call it a day
• call it quits
• call names
• call a spade a spade
• call time
• call to account
• call to order
• on the carpet
• bring to mind