Synonyms for upper hand
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1. upper hand, whip handnoun

   position of advantage and control

   Synonyms:
   whip hand

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1. • Favorable Position

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1. upper handnoun

   Synonyms:
   superiority, advantage, ascendency, dominion, rule, pre-eminence, supremacy, mastery, mastership

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1. Margaret Harris:

   This will further stigmatise anyone with symptoms of Ebola and is likely to drive infections underground just at a time when we're getting the upper hand.

2. Theodore Roosevelt:

   My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.

3. Rachael Bade:

   Right now, her party is super divided on these issues and yet she needs to get them through, or Sen. McConnell, the majority leader, will have the upper hand in negotiations going forward.

4. Alexander Gabuev:

   The economic situation in Russia is deteriorating, and that gives China an upper hand in the relationship, ties between Moscow and Beijing have been asymmetric before Russia was a needier partner, but now this is an asymmetry on steroids where China has the commanding position, and definitely will be not shy to use it going forward.

5. Gavin Newsom:

   COVID-19 doesn't follow state or national boundaries, and it will take every level of government, working together to get the upper hand on this virus.