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Substantiv
1.överhanden {en}idiom

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Substantiv

  1. (idiomatic) Advantage or control.

Exempel

  • There was no refusing him, for he had got the complete upper hand of the community, and the peaceful burghers all stood in awe of him.
  • [C]uriosity began to get the upper hand, and I determined I should have one look through the cabin window.
  • There it was Razumov who had the upper hand, in a composed sense of his own superiority.
  • And because they live everywhere and reproduce quickly, bacteria have the upper hand.

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