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单词 to boss the show
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to boss the show
a. Originally U.S. to boss the show: to be in charge; to make the important decisions regarding an undertaking, organization, etc.; cf. to run the show at Phrases 2h(a). Now esp. (chiefly British): to be the dominant player or team in a sporting competition.
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1882 Youth's Compan. 25 May 216/1 The chairman ‘bosses the show’, relieving the lecturer of the uncomfortable sense of responsibility.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vi. [Hades] 100 Father Coffey...Bosses the show.
1974 Princeton Alumni Weekly 19 Feb. 16/2 For 16 years he bossed the show We're sorry that he had to go.
1996 People (Nexis) 3 Nov. 54 City..bossed the show early on after a bad miss by old boy Ormondroyd at the other end.
2016 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 3 May 52 He increasingly bossed the show as his team surged away to win.
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