If a person calls the shots, it means he or she makes all the important decisions.
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24
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 [...]
The phrase “be along for the ride” means to join in an activity without playing an important part in it.
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Desperate Housewives
Doug Savant (Tom Scavo) used the phrase “be along for the ride” while talking to Felicity Huffman (Lynette Scavo) in the second season, episode 16(There Is No Other Way) of the [...]
Pull something off - to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected
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Sex and the City
Carrie Bradshaw(Sarah Jessica Parker) used “pull off” in her conversation with Samantha Jones(Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobbes(Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York(Kristin Davis) in the first episode of first season of “Sex and the City”, as shown [...]
