keep (someone) under (one's) thumb

To maintain authoritarian control over someone; to continually force someone to submit to one's will. They seem happy when they're out and about, but I hear that Johnny keeps his husband under his thumb at home. Although the job was well paying, I couldn't stand the way the boss kept me under his thumb.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
'Abbas	-	Arabic, Persian
Eoforhild	-	Anglo-Saxon
Uilleam	-	Scottish
Adrianne	ayd-ree-AN, AYD-ree-ən	English
Wynonna	wi-NON-ə	English (Rare)
SeÒNaid	-	Scottish