Call the Shots

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🗓️ Idiom: Call the Shots (v)

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💬 Meaning

• To be in charge or make the important decisions.
• To have control or authority in a situation or organization.

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🧠 Example Sentences

• In this department, it’s the team leader who calls the shots.
• Once she was promoted to manager, she started calling the shots.
• You need to speak with the director. He’s the one calling the shots.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

Although it’s a team project, it’s clear that Emma is the one who __________.

Answer

calls the shots

2. Choose the correct meaning of “call the shots”:

A) To give someone bad news
B) To control or make key decisions
C) To avoid taking responsibility

Answer

B) To control or make key decisions

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“She is the one making all the important decisions for the team.” → Change the sentence using: call the shots

Answer

She’s the one calling the shots for the team.

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