writ

Related to writ: writ large, writ of certiorari, writ of habeas corpus, writ of mandamus

(one's) writ runs

One has authority, control, or dominance (in or over something). The minister's writ still runs in this part of the country, so he has been seen as the political spokesperson for this issue. The government is struggling to ensure its writ runs in the destabilized region.
See also: run, writ

drop the writ

Of prime minister, to issue a request to the head of state to dissolve parliament and (generally) call for new elections. A corruption of the proper term "draw up the writ," it has now passed into common vernacular. Primarily heard in Canada. With members of parliament in open opposition to one another, the prime minister is expected to drop the writ as early as Saturday.
See also: drop, writ

writ large

Apparent in a more noticeable or obvious way or to a greater extent. The new blockbuster is really just a simple old story writ large. Come election season, we see all our national concerns writ large.
See also: large, writ
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied with greater magnitude, as in That book on Lincoln is simply an article writ large. [Mid-1600s]
See also: large, writ
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

writ large

clear and obvious.
The literal sense of written in large characters has long fallen out of use. As the past participle of write , writ has been superseded by written except in this phrase and analogous phrases such as writ small .
1994 Time Voters fear the future, which looks to them like the present writ large: more concern about crime, more economic pressure on their families, more of that unnerving sound of something eating away at the edges of their lives.
See also: large, writ

your writ runs

you have authority of a specified extent or kind.
See also: run, writ
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌwrit ˈlarge

(literary)
1 easy to see or understand: Mistrust was writ large on her face.
2 (used after a noun) being a larger or more obvious example of the thing mentioned: The party’s new philosophies are little more than their old beliefs writ large.
Writ in this idiom means written.
See also: large, writ
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

writ large

Signified, expressed, or embodied in a greater or more prominent magnitude or degree: "The man was no more than the boy writ large" (George Eliot).
See also: large, writ
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • (one's) writ runs
  • your writ runs
  • show (one) who's boss
  • show somebody who's boss
  • show someone who's boss
  • get (one) by the short and curlies
  • get someone by the short and curlies
  • ran
  • get/have somebody by the short hairs
  • get (one) by the short hairs
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"The writ is saying the judge doesn't have the authority to move forward on the indictment, while the motion to dismiss is acknowledging that the court has the authority to act on indictment but it ought to be dismissed as a matter of law."
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Korkoya has mandated the Commission's Clerk of Election Writs to conduct the District #15 Representative and Senatorial By-elections in Montserrado County.
By-elections due July 2
e Returning Ocer for Parliamentary Elections, the Mayor of South Tyneside and the Acting Returning Ocer have received the ocial writs from the Queen commanding the holding of elections next month.
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