| Subject | English | Russian |
| dipl. | call all the shots | командовать |
| dipl. | call all the shots | заправлять |
| fig. | call all the shots | играть первую скрипку (Viacheslav Volkov) |
| mil. | call the shot | указать точку прицела |
| idiom. | call the shots | командовать (Sally always wants to call the shots, and Mary doesn't like to be bossed around. Oldbore) |
| idiom. | call the shots | задавать тон (Increasingly in shaping our foreign policy priorities it is the media which calls the shots. bookworm) |
| idiom. | call the shots | решать (This reminded me of a lesson I took away from earlier dealings with Russians: They always know what they want, so you'd better know what you want or they will roll right over you. And in today's Russia, the question is what does Vladimir Putin want, because he calls the shots on anything of consequence. MichaelBurov) |
| idiom. | call the shots | управлять (We would love to know, Mr. Prime Minister, since for all practical purposes your Government still calls the shots on this supposedly autonomous corporation. • Is the military really the power behind the President now? Who really calls the shots?) |
| idiom. | call the shots | заказывать музыку (The Saudis, the Iranians, the Iraqis, they called the shots, they were the ones with the vast stockpiles of oil, not the Americans, where the holes were running dry. Val_Ships) |
| idiom. | call the shots | заправлять (Myanmar's Shan state, which borders both China and Thailand, is the wild wild east. And in many parts of the state, it's well-armed ethnic militias, not Myanmar's military, who call the shots.) |
| idiom. | call the shots | всем заправлять (The directors call the shots and nothing happens without their say-so. Pickman) |
| idiom. | call the shots | всё решать (In today's health care system, insurance companies call the shots. They pick whom they cover and how they cover them. They can cut off your benefits when you need your coverage the most. They are in charge. • The car sales staff can chat away all they like to the man about brake, horsepower and top speeds but it's really the woman who calls the shots. • In the economy, however, it is always big capital that calls the shots.) |
| idiom. | call the shots | отвечать (за – on: Who's calling the shots on this project? – Кто отвечает за этот проект? ZolVas) |
| idiom. | call the shots | руководить (Sally always wants to call the shots, and Mary doesn't like to be bossed around. MichaelBurov) |
| idiom. | call the shots | распоряжаться (Anglophile) |
| idiom. | call the shots | отдавать приказы (Oldbore) |
| idiom. | call the shots | быть главным (Who is calling the shots in this house? 4uzhoj) |
| literal. | call the shots | сообщать результаты стрельбы (на стрельбище) |
| mil., inf. | call the shots | принимать на себя руководство |
| busin. | call the shots on project | отвечать за проект (ZolVas) |
| gen. | while I was taking the call he shot through | пока я говорил по телефону, он исчез |
| gen. | why do you have to call all the shots? | чего ты здесь командуешь? |
