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at the helm
Idioms and Phrases
In charge, in command, as in With Charles at the helm, the company is bound to prosper . This phrase transfers the idea of steering a ship to directing other enterprises. [Early 1500s] Also see the synonym at the wheel .Example Sentences
With Hansi Flick at the helm, Barca have rediscovered that sometimes football isn't just about the result but also about the importance and value of the journey.
Shadow sports minister Louie French accused the government of "installing one of their key cronies at the helm of what should be an independent regulator".
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's time at the helm of the largest executive department has been anything but smooth sailing.
After just three months at the helm of Chadema, Lissu was this month arrested and detained for a speech allegedly calling for the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt the elections.
Slaven Bilic, who was in charge from June 2019 to December 2020, was the only other manager in that time to get at least a full season at the helm, during which he led the club to promotion back to the Premier League.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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