Idiom
captain's pick
Meaning
A decision made by a leader without consulting others.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The manager made a captain's pick to change our schedule.”
“Without asking the team for their input, the director made a captain's pick to move the project deadline forward.”
“Ignoring the consensus of his advisors, the executive made a controversial captain's pick that fundamentally altered the company's long-term strategy.”
Examples
simple
“The manager made a captain's pick to change our schedule.”
contextual
“Without asking the team for their input, the director made a captain's pick to move the project deadline forward.”
complex
“Ignoring the consensus of his advisors, the executive made a controversial captain's pick that fundamentally altered the company's long-term strategy.”
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