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have/hold the whip hand idiom to be the person or group that has the most power in a situation: 成为掌权者;处于支配地位 During the last decade the right wing of the party has held the whip hand.过去的10年里,一直是该党的右翼掌权。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Controlling and being in charge aggrandize assert your authority assume assumption authoritative cynical get the better of someoneidiom get your hooks into someone/somethingidiom get/fall into the wrong handsidiom govern guiding principle peremptorily peremptory play Godidiom plenipotentiary police slow tame wrangle wrangler
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