head honcho

noun

chiefly US, informal
: the person with the most authority

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Even before the pandemic altered the tenor of the workplace, being the big cheese, taskmaster, and head honcho was passé. John Hall, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 Zaidi waited a year to hire a general manager—his No. 2, who ended up being Scott Harris (now the Tigers’ head honcho). Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024 The Dreamville head honcho ate up the opportunity, delivering a long verse loaded with confident boasts and strong wordplay. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Sep. 2024 Colin Jost and Michael Che have no interest in replacing Lorne Michaels as Saturday Night Live's head honcho. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for head honcho 

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“Head honcho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/head%20honcho. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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