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"etymology_text": "From sports.",
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"word": "shot caller"
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{
"ref": "1994 January 25, Bill Clinton, William Jefferson Clinton's Second State of the Union Address",
"text": "In today's health care system, insurance companies call the shots. They pick whom they cover and how they cover them. They can cut off your benefits when you need your coverage the most. They are in charge.",
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{
"ref": "2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR.org",
"text": "Myanmar's Shan state, which borders both China and Thailand, is the wild wild east. And in many parts of the state, it's well-armed ethnic militias, not Myanmar's military, who call the shots.",
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"ref": "2021 June 22, Ali Vaez, Dina Esfandiary, “The Hard-Liners Won in Iran. That’s Not All Bad News.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The conventional wisdom in Washington is that Iran’s elections are insignificant. Regardless of who wins, the argument goes, in the end, it’s the supreme leader who calls the shots.",
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"To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders."
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"(chiefly US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders."
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"word": "rule the roost"
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"word": "call the tune"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "porǎčvam muzikata",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "поръчвам музиката"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "donar la nota"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "tallar el bacallà"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "remenar les cireres"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "määrätä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "tehdä päätökset"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "décider"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "commander"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "den Ton angeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "sagen, wo es langgeht"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakázyvatʹ múzyku",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "зака́зывать му́зыку"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapravljátʹ",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "заправля́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "cortar el bacalao"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "llevar la voz cantante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "llevar la batuta"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "mandar"
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2019 July 4, Michael Sullivan, “In Myanmar, Methamphetamine, Synthetic Drug Production Soars”, in NPR.org",
"text": "Myanmar's Shan state, which borders both China and Thailand, is the wild wild east. And in many parts of the state, it's well-armed ethnic militias, not Myanmar's military, who call the shots.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2021 June 22, Ali Vaez, Dina Esfandiary, “The Hard-Liners Won in Iran. That’s Not All Bad News.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The conventional wisdom in Washington is that Iran’s elections are insignificant. Regardless of who wins, the argument goes, in the end, it’s the supreme leader who calls the shots.",
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"(chiefly US) To make the decisions; to be in charge; to give orders."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "porǎčvam muzikata",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "поръчвам музиката"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "donar la nota"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "tallar el bacallà"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "remenar les cireres"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "määrätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "tehdä päätökset"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "décider"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "commander"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "den Ton angeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "sagen, wo es langgeht"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakázyvatʹ múzyku",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "зака́зывать му́зыку"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapravljátʹ",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "заправля́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "cortar el bacalao"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "llevar la voz cantante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "llevar la batuta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make decisions",
"word": "mandar"
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"word": "call the shots"
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