he who pays the piper calls the tune.
sayingsaid to emphasize that the person who is paying someone to do something can decide how it should be done
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Power to control
- ascendancy
- big beast
- buy-in
- chairmanship
- determination
- discipline
- dominant
- leadership
- lever
- manipulation
- mastery
- muscle
- oversight
- peer pressure
- sphere of influence
- spin control
- state-controlled
- states' rights
- supervision
- tooth
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