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
Gregorios	-	Greek, Late Greek
Babette	ba-BET	French
Ron	[rɔn]
Lane	[lein]
Haggai	HAG-ee-ie (English), HA-gie (English)	Biblical
Nithin	-	Indian, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada