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The phrase "calling the tune" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to indicate someone who is in control or making the decisions in a situation.
Example: "In this project, the manager is calling the tune, and we must follow her lead."
Alternatives: "running the show" or "calling the shots."
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It was calling the tune.
Although officialdom pays the piper, it is admirably coy about calling the tune.
The nativist right seems to be calling the tune in Arizona politics today.
So there is sometimes an aura of vagueness around who was calling the tune and why.
The trouble is, the bankers are no longer entirely calling the tune.
Theoreticians have been calling the tune in particle physics for too long.
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Since the developers will have to pay for them up front, they will be calling the tunes.
This evening Mark Vyhlidal was calling the tunes, with a reduced version of his usual ensemble, the Mark Vyhlidal Orchestra.
Proprietors call the tune.
community, but who calls the tune?
The hosts called the tune in the second half.
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