call the shots

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1. Reluctance to use this strategy can come from a feeling that you don't have a right to control, that you can't call the shots, that you are powerless. BNC

2. It was also a job in which Selina was able to call the shots, or so she thought. BNC

3. It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity, always waiting for other people to call the shots. BNC

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