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  • 11the upper hand — control or an advantage over a person or situation have/hold the upper hand: Government troops have the upper hand in the offensive. get/gain/take the upper hand: Agassi briefly got the upper hand in the second set …

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  • 12The Upper Hand — infobox television show name = The Upper Hand caption = format = Sitcom runtime = 30 minutes creator = starring = Joe McGann Diana Weston Honor Blackman Kellie Bright William Puttock country = United Kingdom network = ITV first aired = May 1,1990 …

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  • 13have the upper hand — have (or gain) the upper hand have or gain advantage or control over someone or something * * * gain, get, have, etc. the ˌupper ˈhand idiom to get an advantage over sb so that you are in control of a particular situation Main entry: ↑upperidiom …

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  • 14gain the upper hand — gain, get, have, etc. the ˌupper ˈhand idiom to get an advantage over sb so that you are in control of a particular situation Main entry: ↑upperidiom …

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  • 15upper hand — noun position of advantage and control (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑whip hand • Hypernyms: ↑superiority, ↑favorable position, ↑favourable position * * * [noun] control, advantage, ascendancy, edge, mastery, supremacy * * * …

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  • 16upper hand — noun Date: 15th century mastery, advantage, control < was determined not to let the opposition get the upper hand > …

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  • 17upper hand — n. control (colloq.) 1) to gain, get; have the upper hand 2) to lose the upper hand 3) the upper hand in; over (we gained the upper hand over them in that contest) …

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  • 18Battle of the Upper Baetis — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Upper Baetis partof=the Second Punic War caption= date=211 BC place=Near Upper Baetis River casus= territory= result=Carthaginian victory combatant1=Carthage combatant2=Roman Republic&#8230; …

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  • 19To get the higher upper hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …

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  • 20To have the higher upper hand — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …

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