"tener la sartén por el mango" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: tengo la sartén por el mango [first-person, present, singular], tuve la sartén por el mango [first-person, preterite, singular], tenido la sartén por el mango [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} tener la sartén por el mango (first-person singular present tengo la sartén por el mango, first-person singular preterite tuve la sartén por el mango, past participle tenido la sartén por el mango)
  1. (idiomatic) to call the shots Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-tener_la_sartén_por_el_mango-es-verb-2rUMXXCu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header
     
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    {
      "form": "tengo la sartén por el mango",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuve la sartén por el mango",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenido la sartén por el mango",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call the shots"
      ],
      "id": "en-tener_la_sartén_por_el_mango-es-verb-2rUMXXCu",
      "links": [
        [
          "call the shots",
          "call the shots"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to call the shots"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tener la sartén por el mango"
}

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    {
      "form": "tengo la sartén por el mango",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuve la sartén por el mango",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tenido la sartén por el mango",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tener la sartén por el mango (first-person singular present tengo la sartén por el mango, first-person singular preterite tuve la sartén por el mango, past participle tenido la sartén por el mango)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish idioms",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish multiword terms",
        "Spanish verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to call the shots"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "call the shots",
          "call the shots"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) to call the shots"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tener la sartén por el mango"
}

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