wear the trousers (English, verb)
expansion: wear the trousers (third-person singular simple present wears the trousers, present participle wearing the trousers, simple past wore the trousers, past participle worn the trousers)
Senses:
glosses: (typically of a woman) To be the dominant partner in a relationship.
tags: British
idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, trouser.
Forms:
form: wears the trousers
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wearing the trousers
tags: participle
present
form: wore the trousers
tags: past
form: worn the trousers
tags: participle
past