🗓️ Idiom: Steer the Ship (verb)
💬 Meaning
- To guide or manage an organization, project, or team.
- To take responsibility for leading a group in the right direction.
🧠 Example Sentences
- The new CEO is ready to steer the ship toward growth and innovation.
- During the crisis, she steered the ship with calm leadership.
- A good manager knows how to steer the ship through difficult times.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from sailing. To steer a ship means to control its direction. Over time, it became a metaphor for guiding a group, organization, or project.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
“The chairman will ________ the ship during this period of change.”
Answer
steer
2. Multiple choice:
What does “steer the ship” mean?
a) To drive a boat
b) To guide or manage a team or organization
c) To repair a broken ship
Answer
b) To guide or manage a team or organization
3. Change the sentence using steer the ship:
He guided the company through difficult financial times.
Answer
He steered the ship through difficult financial times.
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