set the tone for (smth., чему-л.); give tone; tone; rule the roost (этимология: по сходству с поведением петуха в курятнике); give tone to; play first fiddle; set the style; give the note (Anglophile); give a lead (Anglophile); set the fashion (Anglophile); set a tone (bookworm); lead the way (nelly the elephant); set the scene (naturalblue); call the tune (...in the wars I used to play And I've called the tune To many a torture session... (Dire Straits)); call the play; keynote (на съезде партии и т.п.); pitch; set the pitch (Anglophile); commandeer (напр., совет для соискателя: Don't commandeer the interview Jen anto); call the shots (Ivan Pisarev); run the show (Ivan Pisarev); be in charge (Ivan Pisarev); take the lead (Ivan Pisarev); run the game (Ivan Pisarev); run things (Ivan Pisarev); hold the reins (Ivan Pisarev); be the boss (Ivan Pisarev); make the decisions (Ivan Pisarev); call the plays (Ivan Pisarev); have the upper hand (Ivan Pisarev); be the one in control (Ivan Pisarev); set the agenda (Ivan Pisarev); carry the authority (Ivan Pisarev); reign supreme (Ivan Pisarev); take control (Ivan Pisarev); be the decision-maker (Ivan Pisarev); hold the power (Ivan Pisarev)

keynote (на съезде партии)

set the tone (на встрече, на переговорах)

rule the roast (В.И.Макаров)

act as a rainmaker (Alexander Demidov)

call the shots (Increasingly in shaping our foreign policy priorities it is the media which calls the shots. bookworm)

задавать тон

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