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"to call the shots" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to one who makes the decisions or has control over a situation. Example sentence: "The manager was the one calling the shots in the meeting."
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For too long we've allowed our so-called "representatives" to call the shots.
He clearly prefers to call the shots.
You're making dinner, you get to call the shots.
He's listening, but he's going to call the shots.
Now freelance, Whelan gets to call the shots.
They might think it's your prerogative to call the shots.
"Lizzie was going to call the shots," Cooke continued.
With no boss to call the shots, he drew ideas from all over.
Now that their political clout is waning too, there is nobody to call the shots.
The question raised by Burton is whether large donors have the right to call the shots.
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Hampering marketing pleases some, but there's no reason for them to call the shots for anyone but themselves.
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