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"firm hand" is correct and usable in written English.
It connotes a sense of firmness or authority, and can usually be used when referring to someone who is doing something with an assertive or decisive manner. For example: "My father always played with a firm hand, which showed me how to take charge and act with confidence."
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Instead, there's a brief list, and a firm hand.
Some need the firm hand of an authoritative director.
Was about to step in when firm hand detained her.
"Our democracy needs a firm hand from the authorities".
But he runs the club with a firm hand.
This is referred to as "mano dura," or firm hand.
They are going to need a firm hand guiding them.
Basel Needs a Firm Hand and Fewer Delays, (with David Scharfstein) Financial Times, September 13 , 2010
CNN's Candy Crowley, who will moderate the next presidential debate, promises a firm hand.
"Now we wash to meet grandson!" she sang, going about it with a firm hand.
From 1872, however, Disraeli ran the party with a firm hand.
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