when the cat's away the mice will play
exclusory
check and balance
take responsibility
hold the fort
avoidable
evitable
avertable
avertible
deputy
rank
lieutenant
subordinate
subdue
vested interest
colonize
opportunistic
subdelegate
facultative
honor system
bucket
resistant
take off
one up
controllable
skulk
the organ grinder, not the monkey
mediate
subaltern
self-regulation
have the drop on
boss around
powers that be
nonsubordinate
have someone on toast
discerptibility
lunatics have taken over the asylum
go over someone's head
unmeritocratic
with one hand tied behind one's back
emburden
domination
unsubordinate
make the best of
parachute
have nothing on someone
hold the cards
accountable
subpolicy
answerable