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