| 释义 |
get the whip handTo acquire the most power or influence in a particular situation or setting. As the editor in chief, I've got the whip hand and give final approval for the layout of every issue—remember that. get, have, hold, etc. the ˈwhip hand (over somebody) have power or control (over somebody): The government knows that the army have the whip hand.Our opponents had the whip hand over us right from the beginning. |