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calling the tune

calling the tune is the present participle and gerund 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 calling the tune

What is calling the tune the present participle and gerund of?
Calling the tune is the present participle and gerund of call the tune.

Words near calling the tune in the dictionary

  1. calling someone's bluff
  2. calling someone's number
  3. calling station
  4. calling stations
  5. calling the shots
  6. calling the tune
  7. calling them as one sees them
  8. calling time
  9. calling to
  10. calling to account
  11. calling to mind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: calling 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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