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rule the roost
Wiktionary
rule the roost
vb. (context idiomatic English) To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.
Usage examples of "rule the roost".
And force is a crime in the eyes of the fools, the weak and the silly who rule the roost.
There are not more than a few thousand of the indios sublevados left now, yet they still rule the roost in their own area.
She could be deaf, dumb, blind and paralyzed and still rule the roost.
Grace's mother had mellowed a little, Ericson decided, but not much: she still tried to rule the roost, she still behaved as if she were the only grown-up in a houseful of children.
He wants a mistress for Alderton Manor, to help him rule the roost.
Before the Joads leave home, Granma and Grampa rule the roost, at least in name.