heavy hand

noun

—used to say that something has been done without delicacy or with too much force

a cook who has a heavy hand with the salt

went at the task with a heavy hand

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Fu’s bosses in Beijing cannot have been too pleased to have China’s heavy hand blatantly exposed to no purpose. —

Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021 Meta has shown an increasingly heavy hand in moderating what users can share on Facebook, Instagram and Threads. —

Kevin Collier, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024 The group's heavy hand generated protests from the Lebanese people — even Shi‘ite Muslims — who decried the corruption of Lebanon’s parliament, which Hezbollah essentially controlled, and its willingness to allow Iran to violate Lebanese sovereignty. —

Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024 Arrays of homeowner associations and special taxing districts oversee the villages, and the Irvine Company maintains a heavy hand in the city. —

Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for heavy hand