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the upper hand
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the upper handnoun
Advantage or control.
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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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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of the upper hand in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of the upper hand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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COVID-19 doesn't follow state or national boundaries, and it will take every level of government, working together to get the upper hand on this virus.
In every case, we keep jumping the gun and behaving as if the pandemic's over because case numbers are going down. And that allows the virus to once again, take the upper hand.
The Chinese government believes that President Trump is desperate for a deal before the end of the year, when the race for the presidential election will really heat up, trump's latest comments are a ploy to regain the upper hand in these negotiations.
It is definitely a buyer's market and they have the upper hand.
The overall trend remains higher, but we're reaching a point where we're overbought. Six percent since last Tuesday is such a strong move in such a short period of time, even if bulls have the upper hand in the longer term.
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