Usually means: Dominate or control a group.
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  1. rule the roost: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rule the roost: Merriam-Webster
  3. rule the roost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rule the roost: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rule the roost: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rule the roost: Wiktionary
  7. rule the roost: Dictionary.com
  8. Rule the Roost: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  9. rule the roost: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rule the roost: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rule the roost: Urban Dictionary

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.

Similar:
reign supreme, dominate, lord over, predominate, hold sway, show who's the boss, prædominate, king, hold the stage, have the world by the tail, more...

Opposite:
take back seat, play second fiddle, yield floor, defer to others

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Similar:
reign supreme, dominate, lord over, predominate, hold sway, show who's the boss, prædominate, king, hold the stage, have the world by the tail, more...

Opposite:
take back seat, play second fiddle, yield floor, defer to others



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