Work & careers
call the shots
be in control
If someone calls the shots, they make the important decisions and control what happens.
Hear it in real life
Who decides where the company opens its next office?
The regional director calls the shots.
Although she is not the oldest person on the team, she calls the shots.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My manager makes the shots on the project.
Say: My manager calls the shots on the project.
The fixed expression is "call the shots," not "make the shots," when someone controls decisions.
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How it fits in a sentence.
call the shots; someone calls the shots
Your turn: say it out loud
Although she is not the oldest person on the team, she calls the shots.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
call the shots
be in control
“Although she is not the oldest person on the team, she calls the shots.”
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