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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
n (usually preceded by the)
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (in driving horses) the hand holding the whip
2. advantage or dominating position
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Noun1.whip handwhip hand - position of advantage and control    
favorable position, favourable position, superiority - the quality of being at a competitive advantage
Translations
whip hand n to have the whip hand (over sb)avere il predominio (su qn)
whip hand n to have the whip hand (over sb)avere il predominio (su qn)


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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.
 
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