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What does rule the roost mean?

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Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.
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Since the 1998 football world cup, the PSG club rule the roost in their own house, with their new headquarters as the stadium have been amply renovated.
Rodrigo Kenton's youthful outfit currently rule the roost in the final round of qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa?
The pedestals of statues are often defaced with posters pasted by political outfits and commercial bodies, particularly in a world where market forces rule the roost.
Whereas the Irish Greyhound Board rule the roost in the Republic, the Irish Coursing Club is the licensing authority in Northern Ireland.
Students make up a third of the population and rule the roost in the city centre which is swarming with hip bars!
She was impressed enormously by his sangfroid and will to rule the roost.

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