the top dog

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1. No wonder he was such a top dog in the City if he wielded this calibre of authority merely via the passive act of listening! BNC

2. But he always wanted to be the one in control, the top dog, to be the one who could take off on a whim and relate his volatility to democratic individual freedom to do as one pleased; a special privilege to which only Americans were supposed to be entitled. BNC

3. Jackson was top dog and he made sure he got what he wanted.CIDoI

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