Meaning:
Make the important decisions in an organization
Examples:
- Hey, you don't get to call the shots here, Ethan.
- Everything's easier if you get to call the shots.
- You still think you can call the shots, eh?
- I just don't understand why you let the doctor call the shots.
- And now I get to call the shots.
- You know, you call the shots, and tonight is all about you.
- From now on, I call the shots. Got that?
- This suggests that older workers can call the shots as to their working conditions.
- I call the shots now, okay?
- Outside this emergency room you can do whatever you want, but here I call the shots.