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Idiom

large and in charge

Meaning

Dominating or controlling a situation with confidence and aplomb.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The new manager is large and in charge today.”

“After the promotion, she walked into the meeting feeling large and in charge of the entire project.”

“He strode into the boardroom, large and in charge, ready to dictate the terms of the merger to the skeptical investors.”

Examples

simple

“The new manager is large and in charge today.”

contextual

“After the promotion, she walked into the meeting feeling large and in charge of the entire project.”

complex

“He strode into the boardroom, large and in charge, ready to dictate the terms of the merger to the skeptical investors.”

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