wear the pants
Example Sentences
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She plans to wear the pants for just a season or two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Players can wear the pants down or wear them high to show off the special socks.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
“I’m loud, and I’m vulgar, and I wear the pants in the house because somebody’s got to,” Martha says with unrepressed bitterness to her husband George.
From Economist ● Apr. 5, 2018
I doff my shirt at every chance, but when with Trump I wear the pants.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2017
In his house, he was the one to wear the pants.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
