单词 | run the show |
释义 | run the showSEE SYNONYMS FOR run the show ON THESAURUS.COM Take charge, assume control, as in Ever since Bill retired from the business, his daughter's been running the show. The word show here simply means “kind of undertaking.” [First half of 1900s] A similar usage is run one's own show, meaning “exert control over one's own activities” or “act independently.” For example, The high school drama club didn't ask permission to perform that play—they want to run their own show. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby run the showrun someone in, run someone off his or her feet, runt, run the gamut, run the gauntlet, run the show, run-through, run time, run to, run to earth, run to form The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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