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
Odoacer	o-do-AY-sər (English)	Ancient Germanic
Lassi	LAHS-see	Finnish
Dhaval	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Norton	['nɔ:tən]
Betty	['beti]
Setare	-	Persian