the whip hand

noun

: the position of having power or being in control in a particular situation

The owners of the company had/held the whip hand in the negotiations.

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The gigantic jump in interest rates is what has handed Musk the whip hand over the banks. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023

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