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the upper hand
noun[ S ]
uk /ˌʌp.ə ˈhænd/ us /ˌʌp.ɚ ˈhænd/
C2
If you have the upper hand, you have more power than anyone else and so have control: 上风；有利位置
After hours of fierce negotiations, the president gained/got/had the upper hand.经过几个小时的激烈谈判，总统最终占了上风。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Power to control
absolute authority
ahold
all's well that ends wellidiom
all-powerful
ascendancy
authoritarianism
discretionary
driven
girl power
grip
he who pays the piper calls the tune.idiom
implant
power base
power grab
power structure
power struggle
power-sharing
the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldidiom
under the command of someone
yoke
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