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whip hand

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whip hand
n.
1. A dominating position; advantage.
2. The hand in which a whip is held.
whip hand
Noun
the whip hand an advantage or dominating position: buyers have the whip hand over estate agents
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Noun1.whip handwhip hand - position of advantage and control    
upper hand
favorable position, favourable position, superiority - the quality of being at a competitive advantage
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Cavendish, however, was a lady who liked to make her own plans, and expected other people to fall in with them, and in this case she certainly had the whip hand, namely: the purse strings.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Christie, Agatha View in context
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