Usually means: Make decisions, control the situation.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word call the shots:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. call the shots: Merriam-Webster
  2. call the shots: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. call the shots: Collins English Dictionary
  4. call the shots: Vocabulary.com
  5. call the shots: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. call the shots: Wiktionary
  7. call the shots: Dictionary.com
  8. Call the Shots, Call the shots: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. call the shots: Rhymezone
  10. call the shots: FreeDictionary.org
  11. call the shots: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Call The Shots: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  13. Call the Shots: The Word Detective
  14. call the shots: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. call the shots: Legal dictionary
  2. call the shots: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. call the shots: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. call the shots: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. call the shots: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Call the shots: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (call the shots)

verb:  (chiefly US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders.

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