• call the shots

• the pot calling the kettle black

• call it into question

• be laughed out of court

• a tight corner

• pat him in his own coin

• call him to account

• on record

• a nail in his coffin

• turn the corner

• set the record straight

• for the record

• the real McCoy

• have a friend at court

• a hard core

• beyond recall

• the call of nature

• as a matter of course

• stay the course

• have the ball in one's court

• call it quits

• by hook or by crook

• an apple of discord

• in cold blood

• quick off the mark

• turn one's coat

• in the cold light of day

• the piper calls the tune

• hit score a bull's eye

• at your beck and call

• call in into question