cortar el bacalao

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Spanish

Etymology

Literally, "to cut the cod(fish)"

Verb

cortar el bacalao (first-person singular present corto el bacalao, first-person singular preterite corté el bacalao, past participle cortado el bacalao)

  1. (idiomatic) to run the show; call the shots