English / idiom
Run the Show
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To assume total command and oversee operations decisively during an important or chaotic event.
In context
01
When panic threatened the shelter, an unassuming schoolteacher stepped forward to run the show with remarkable calm.
02
The experienced surgeon ran the show inside the emergency ward during the mass-casualty crisis.
Synonyms
call the shots,take command,be in charge
Antonyms
take orders,follow passively,stand aside
Collocations
capably run the show,step up to run the show,run the entire show