the upper hand
noun[S]
uk/ˌʌp.ə ˈhænd/us/ˌʌp.ɚ ˈhænd/C2
If you have theupperhand, you have morepowerthan anyoneelseand so havecontrol:
上风；有利位置Afterhoursoffiercenegotiations, thepresidentgained/got/hadtheupperhand.经过几个小时的激烈谈判，总统最终占了上风。
Power to control
- ascendancy
- authoritarianism
- be abovesomeone'spay gradeidiom
- big beast
- buysomethingin
- cradle
- hegemonic
- hegemonism
- hegemony
- influence
- ingrain
- lever
- leverage
- power vacuum
- predominance
- puissance
- pull
- redetermination
- sway
- tooth