Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is call the shots and it is a phrase meaning “to be the person who commands/controls a situation or course of action; be in charge, be the boss, be in the driving seat”.
Example Sentence: Nearly two years have passed since the term of Bengaluru’s civic body, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), ended and bureaucrats took over… There are allegations that the civic polls have been deliberately delayed to further strengthen the MLAs, who, in the absence of an elected civic body, have been calling the shots in Bengaluru.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Who really controls Bengaluru? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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