: to have the most control or authority in a group
Examples of rule the roost in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebWorkers, who really rule the roost, rounded them up pretty quickly, with one hen herder even giving a thumbs up.—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024 But in winter, when the year-round locals rule the roost, Nantucket becomes nostalgic.—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 9 May 2024 In today’s pixel-eat-pixel world where VFX and CGI rule the roost, these fearless performers may seem like an anomaly — a throwback to an analog era where actual humans [gasp] had to provide the thrills and spills that are a key part of cinema’s DNA.—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024 But there’s danger there too, thanks to the rise of Nvidia, whose GPUs rule the roost, and are only getting better with Blackwell, the new Nvidia AI chip announced at its GTC conference.—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rule the roost
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