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Exercise authority, be in charge, as in It's up to the boss to call the shots . This term probably alludes to determining accuracy in target practice. [Mid-1900s] Also see call the tune .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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