in charge

Idioms  

1. In a position of leadership or supervision, as in Who's in charge here? or He's the agent in charge at the ticket counter . [Early 1500s]

2. in charge of . Having control over or responsibility for, as in You're in charge of making the salad . [Late 1500s]

3. in the charge of ; in the care of . Under someone's care or supervision, as in We left the children in the charge of their grandparents . [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

But Kent's Crawley stated the messaging from Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum had remained consistent with their previous three years in charge.

From BBC

“There are many questions that need to be answered,” said Ted Docks, special agent in charge of FBI Boston.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under the departing Shi, Wolves won promotion from the Championship in 2018 with Nuno Espirito Santo in charge of the team before having two successive seventh-placed finishes in the top flight.

From BBC

AFP was shown the note from COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry body in charge of Palestinian civilian affairs, which says the field was not authorised.

From Barron's

In October, after similar incidents in Jharkhand, authorities suspended a lab assistant, the doctor in charge of the HIV unit and the chief surgeon of the state-run hospital involved.

From BBC

Related Words

• bureaucratic
• commanding
• directorial
• governmental
• legislative
• ministerial
• organizational
• policy-making
• regulatory
• supervisory