pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing 
(pŏlĭ-sē-mā′kĭng)
(pŏlĭ-sē-mā′kĭng)n.
High-level development of policy, especially official government policy.
adj.
Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: policymaking committees; policymaking decisions.
poli·cy·mak′er n.
- on the barrelhead
- on the beam
- on the blink
- on the brain
- on the breadline
- on the bubble
- on the bum
- on the button
- on the carpet
- on the cheap
- on the coattails of
- on the contrary
- on the cuff
- on the cusp
- on the defensive
- on the dole
- on the dot
- on the double
- on the drawing board
- on the edge
- on the face of it
- on the fence
- on the fly
- on the front burner
- on the go