in a position of power or influence.

Throughout the 1990s, the company was in the catbird seat, with no serious competitors in its field.

• put all your cards on the table
• put all your eggs in one basket
• put an end to
• put an end to something
• put a premium on
• put a premium on something
• put a price on
• put a price on something
• put a price tag on
• put a price tag on something
• put a quart into a pint pot
• put a rocket under
• put a rocket under someone
• put aside
• put aside something
• Put a sock in it!
• put a spanner in the works
• put a spoke in someone's wheel
• put a spoke in wheel
• put a spotlight on
• put a spotlight on someone
• put a spotlight on something
• put a stop to
• put a stop to something
• put at odds with