WHIP HAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does whip hand mean? 

• WHIP HAND (noun)
  The noun WHIP HAND has 1 sense:

1. position of advantage and control

  Familiarity information: WHIP HAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHIP HAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Position of advantage and control

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

upper hand; whip hand

Hypernyms ("whip hand" is a kind of...):

favorable position; favourable position; superiority (the quality of being at a competitive advantage)

 Context examples 

"Ay, you may abuse me as you please," said the good-natured old lady, "you have taken Charlotte off my hands, and cannot give her back again. So there I have the whip hand of you."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)