Sentence examples for getting the upper hand from inspiring English sources

Idiom

Upper Hand.

(USA) Control of a situation.

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Fear may now be getting the upper hand.

Mexican officials continue to assert that they are getting the upper hand.

Indeed, Netflix is showing signs that it is getting the upper hand.

In a sport where technology and marginal gains count for so much, getting the upper hand early will be paramount.

They play for money, doubling and redoubling the stakes as each of them thinks he's getting the upper hand.

But, unlike her husband, who took a turn on the stand last week, Ms. Young did not make that easy, often getting the upper hand.

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The drugs get the upper hand.

The scrum got the upper hand.

Eventually the abductors got the upper hand.

They've still got the upper hand".

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