Call the shots
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 4To be the person in charge
बागडोर अपने हाथ में होना
He called the shots for four years and signed nothing.
To call the shots is authority and not always power.
Daily use: Wo shots call karta hai.
Police या army की firing practice में एक commander होता है जो बोलता है कब गोली चलानी है और कब नहीं। उसकी command पर ही सब fire करते हैं; वही shots call करता है। Call the shots = in-charge होना।
At a police or army firing range, one commander decides when the others should fire and when they should stop. Everyone shoots on his command; he calls the shots. So the person who calls the shots is the one in charge.
Meaning 'to be the person in charge' है। Related options: kingpin, prerogative; opposite: take orders, subordinate।
The meaning is 'to be the person in charge'. Related options are kingpin and prerogative; the opposites are 'take orders' and subordinate.