at the pleasure of (someone)

idiom

—used to say that something is done or can be done because someone wants it to be done

I serve at the pleasure of the president, and I will continue to serve as long as the president wants me to.

Examples of at the pleasure of (someone) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Los Angeles, the vast majority of city commissioners are volunteers who serve at the pleasure of the mayor. —David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024

Why hasn’t policy 1018 been changed by the commissioner, who serves at the pleasure of the mayor, to harmonize with the Citation Docket process? —Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024

Recognizing the near impossibility of imposing direct control on such a diverse population, the British operated through a system of indirect rule in which indigenous authorities maintained power but served at the pleasure of the crown. —Uzodinma Iweala, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022

Vinson, like Dwyer, was an at-will employee, serving at the pleasure of the mayor, and thus could be terminated without cause. —Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024