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  1. the upper handnoun

    Advantage or control.

  2. Etymology: * Possibly an allusion to card games such as poker in which hands are the sets of cards held by players.

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  1. The Upper Hand

    The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of The Upper Hand in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of The Upper Hand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of The Upper Hand in a Sentence

  1. Senate Foreign Relations Committee:

    I think it’s Putin’s way of sending a message to the Europeans that I can affect you. You may have the upper hand on me, But I can also affect you.

  2. Keith Lerner:

    If you see these markets just slice through support levels, that's a sign that the sellers have the upper hand.

  3. Joanne Liu:

    Ebola still has the upper hand.

  4. Elizabeth Whelan:

    We need the White House to take charge and get the upper hand with the likes of the Kremlin, as far as I can tell, there is no creative strategy to get Paul Whelan home.

  5. Steve Warren:

    I think ‘cut and run’ is kind of a mischaracterization, in this case it appears that ISIL forces simply had the upper hand.

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