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called the tune

called the tune is the simple past and past participle of call the tune.

Meaning of call the tune

Verb

call the tune (third-person singular simple present calls the tune, present participle calling the tune, simple past and past participle called the tune)

  1. Synonym of call the shots.
    Synonyms:
    call the shots

Questions about called the tune

What is called the tune the simple past and past participle of?
Called the tune is the simple past and past participle of call the tune.

Words near called the tune in the dictionary

  1. called someone every name in the book
  2. called someone everything but a child of God
  3. called someone's bluff
  4. called someone's number
  5. called the shots
  6. called the tune
  7. called them as one saw them
  8. called time
  9. called to
  10. called to account
  11. called to mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: called the tune (page history and authors); call the tune (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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