in (full) command of
idiom
: having complete control of
She seems to be in (full) command of the situation.
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Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon Ho confirmed that Yoon remains in command of South Korea's military forces.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
At one point in the dress rehearsal in the movie, he’s seen as stumbling through his lines, not in command of the material.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
In July, Israel conducted a strike in central Gaza that killed Mohammed Deif, the founder and head of Hamas’s military wing and second in command of the organization as a whole; Hamas’s third-highest-ranking member, Marwan Issa, was killed a few months earlier.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2024
The pilot and the air traffic controller are in full command of the situation.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
At one point in the dress rehearsal in the movie, he’s seen as stumbling through his lines, not in command of the material.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
In July, Israel conducted a strike in central Gaza that killed Mohammed Deif, the founder and head of Hamas’s military wing and second in command of the organization as a whole; Hamas’s third-highest-ranking member, Marwan Issa, was killed a few months earlier.
—John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2024
The pilot and the air traffic controller are in full command of the situation.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
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