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have the whip hand

have/hold the whip hand

to be the person or group that has the most power in a situation So long as we rely on them for money, they have the whip hand.
See knock into shape, crack the whip
See also: hand, have, whip

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Olallao-LAH-yahSpanish
Snorri-Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Raghnall-Irish, Scottish
Gjorgji-Macedonian
Columbankə-LUM-bən (English)Irish
FerdinandFER-dee-nahnt (German, Dutch), FUR-di-nand (English), FER-dee-nahnd (Finnish)German, French, Dutch, English, Czech, Slovene, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
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