in control of a situation.

Huge consumer demand for electricity has put energy companies in the driver's seat.

Related vocabulary: in the saddle

• have first crack at something
• have first refusal
• have friends in high places
• have fun and games
• have going for
• have going for it
• have going for you
• have got it bad
• have got it made
• have got number
• have got someone's number
• have got the hump
• have got to be kidding
• have got to hand it to
• have got to hand it to someone
• have green fingers
• have guts for garters
• have had a bellyful of
• have had a bellyful of something
• have had a good innings
• have had chips
• have had day
• have had fill
• have had fill of
• have had fill of something