head honcho
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Or elevate a single man as head honcho?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Finally, Mr. Reiner prevailed upon Norman Lear—once his boss on “All in the Family,” then the head honcho of Embassy Pictures—to provide backing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
The band jumped over to the Sony Music label B1, whose head honcho is Wolfgang Boss - one of the first people to champion Clean Bandit back in the 2010s.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024
New York Times reporting suggests, however, that her ego simply could not allow her to admit that she's not the head honcho of the House GOP.
From Salon • May 10, 2024
“I’m the head honcho, mister. I don’t have to tell you what I’m gonna do.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
