IRON FIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iron fist mean? 

• IRON FIST (noun)
  The noun IRON FIST has 1 sense:

1. rigorous or ruthless control

  Familiarity information: IRON FIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRON FIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rigorous or ruthless control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions

Hypernyms ("iron fist" is a kind of...):

control (power to direct or determine)

 Context examples 

The blind man clung close to me, holding me in one iron fist and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)