Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

run the show

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.27 in modern English

Syllables: run the show
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be the leader, to be in charge.

Example Sentences

""Far's I can see. Young Alf's made up his mind to learn the dentist business, and the old folks are backin' him; so I don't see but I've got to stop on and run the show. Father's gettin' up in years now.""
"In any viable scenario of renationalisation, the idea was always to ensure that the railways were at arm's length from the Department, since it was recognised that allowing civil servants to run the show is always a bad idea."
"Nigeria had done their homework and were well organised. Halimatu Ayinde was exceptional in her marking of James, who had scored twice and provided three assists as she ran the show against China."

Inflected Forms

runs the show (present, singular) running the show (participle, present) ran the show (past)

Questions

What does run the show mean?: To be the leader, to be in charge.

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