Antonyms for call the shotscall the shots

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1. call the shotsverb

   Synonyms:
   call the tune

2. call the shotsverb

   To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders.

   You may know all about glassblowing, but here in the gym I call the shots.

   Synonyms:
   call the tune

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1. • Control

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1. call the shots, call the tune, wear the trousersverb

   exercise authority or be in charge

   "Who is calling the shots in this house?"

   Synonyms:
   wear the trousers, call the tune

How to use call the shots in a sentence?

1. Hillary Clinton:

   If you work hard, and do you part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead, but the Republicans, they want to go back to letting the super wealthy call the shots. They don't stand up for equal pay for women. They don't support paid family leave. They don't even really support refinancing student debt.

2. David Oyelowo:

   Who gets to call the shots matters, they've Got ta Have Us.

3. Karen Kornbluh:

   It's a tough balancing act for platforms, they do not want to call the shots in foreign policy disputes.

4. Georgina Wright:

   As a big European Union member state, The UK could essentially call the shots. If it agreed with a Commission policy, it would say so loudly at European Union. If it disagreed, it could say so even louder and build coalitions with other like-minded member states. That was obviously never going to work with Boris Johnsons Brexit. The UK would be sitting on the other side of the table with 27 member states opposite.

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