have the upper hand
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English over hond, from Old English ofer- + hand (superior control; superior position). Not, as supposed, from a card game or counting-out game.
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the upper hand (usually uncountable, plural upper hands)
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