with a heavy hand

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with a heavy hand

In an excessive, authoritarian, or oppressive way or manner. The police dispersed the protesters with a heavy hand. My father always punished us with a heavy hand.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
TrÚC	-	Vietnamese
Rajesh	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
Nicolle	[ni:'kɔ:l]
Thorne	[θɔ:n]
Ortega	[ɔ:'teigə]
Mared	-	Welsh