Nov

Call the shots

If a person calls the shots, it means he or she makes all the important decisions.

Some Excerpts:

From TV shows, movies and novels

Carlos Bernard(Tony Almeida) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Paul Schulze(Ryan Chappelle) in the third season, episode 10 of the popular TV show “24” as shown below:

Bold and the Beautiful

Jack Wagner(Dominick Payne Marone) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Katherine Kelly Lang(Brooke Logan) in the popular TV show “The Bold and the Beautiful” as shown below:

Seinfeld

Michael Richards (Cosmo Kramer) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld) and Jason Alexander (George Costanza) in the sixth season, episode 23(The Understudy) of the popular TV show “Seinfeld” as shown below:

Desperate Housewives

Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) in the second season, episode 16(There Is No Other Way) of the popular TV show “Desperate Housewives” as shown below:

Sex and the City

Sarah Jessica Parker(Carrie Bradshaw) used the phrase “call the shots” while talking to Kristin Davis(Charlotte York) in Season 3, Episode 3(Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman) of Sex and the City as shown below: