call the shots

Until they did,he was the one who had to call the shots.

Yet even the women who call the shots let life lead them by the hand.

He'd let her call the shots too much as it was.

In today's health care system, insurance companies call the shots.

But it's different when you have to call the shots yourself.

It's about time I called the shots in this relationship.

Who is calling the shots, the court or the news media?

For the first time in my life, I am calling the shots.

I always felt in the whole race, he was calling the shots.

She was calling the shots all the way down the line.

They might have told us who was calling the shots.

Which might mean something, if Earth was calling the shots.

When you use other people's property, they call the shots.

In the real world of home design, budget alone often calls the shots.

You have to respect his decision; he is the man who calls the shots around here.

You cut your fee in half for me, and I still get to call the shots.

And all this time she thought that she'd been calling the shots.

A player is the top dog who calls the shots.

"For the first time in television history, a woman will be calling the shots."

"You have five or six life trustees who just run the show and call the shots."

"Even after free elections, the military will still call the shots on national security issues," he said.

Even where there is political common ground, as on issues involving the police, local officials may not be in a position to call the shots.

When it comes to their reality, artists call the shots.

But the episode made it clear who called the shots.

"Because the number is so limited, they are calling the shots."