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Answer for the clue "Be in control ", 14 letters:
call the shots

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Word definitions for call the shots in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic chiefly US English) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
" Call the Shots " is a song by British girl group Girls Aloud from their fourth studio album, Tangled Up (2007). The song was written by Miranda Cooper , with inspiration from an article about the advance of women in business, and Brian Higgins , Tim Powell ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. exercise authority or be in charge; "Who is calling the shots in this house?" [syn: call the tune , wear the trousers ]

Usage examples of call the shots.

Then let her come here, to the CFC studios, where he could literally call the shots.

You don't like how I call the shots, you're free to pull up stakes and ride on.

He knew senior-grade officers rated lots of household help, and he hadn't even had to serve breakfast to the older couple himself to learn old Elvira tended to call the shots about social matters on or about this post.

However, a girl cant aggressively promote this position, or a man might say, Let me call the shots Im paying the freight.

But letting her call the shots would be as bad as letting Raphael roll over him.