upper hand
US /ˈʌpɚ hænd/
・UK /ˈʌpə hænd/
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n.NounHaving an advantage over someone.
Negotiators tried to gain the upper hand in the deal.
n.NounA position of control or power.
The company gained the upper hand in the market.
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New York vs. Tokyo’s Subway: How Japan Got So Far Ahead | WSJ U.S. vs. Japan
- Japan's history of investment in public transportation gives Tokyo the upper hand for its rail system.
Japan's history of investment in public transportation gives Tokyo the upper hand for its rail system.
- the upper hand for its rail system.
the upper hand for its rail system.
Quiet Cutting: How Power In U.S. Offices May Be Shifting Back To Bosses
- Employees have had the upper hand.
Employees have had the upper hand.
- Quiet cutting is a suggestion that the tables are starting to turn that employers are starting to have that upper hand now.
Quiet cutting is a suggestion that the tables are starting to turn that employers are starting to have that upper hand now.
Curfew begins in LA as California governor attacks Trump for 'inflaming' protests | BBC News
- But it definitely seems like right now this is the biggest action we've seen from the local officials here to really gain the upper hand.
But it definitely seems like right now this is the biggest action we've seen from the local officials here to really gain the upper hand.
- But it definitely seems like right now, this is the biggest action we've seen from the local officials here to really gain the upper hand.
But it definitely seems like right now, this is the biggest action we've seen from the local officials here to really gain the upper hand.
10 Things Andrew Garfield Can’t Live Without | 10 Essentials
- I always have the upper hand with with my Timo Boll blade.
I always have the upper hand with with my Timo Boll blade.
- I always have the upper hand with my T-Mobile blade.
I always have the upper hand with my T-Mobile blade.
45 Minutes of SpongeBob Food Foolery! 🍔 | @SpongeBobOfficial
- Now, this time, I have the upper hand.
Now, this time, I have the upper hand.
- Upper hand.
Upper hand.
The Natives and the English - Crash Course US History #3
- After some Pequots killed an English fur trader, soldiers from Massachusetts, the newly-formed colony of Connecticut, and some Narragansett Indians, who saw an opportunity to gain an upper hand over the Pequots, attacked a Pequot village at Mystic, burning it and massacring over 500 people.
After some Pequots killed an English fur trader, soldiers from Massachusetts, the newly-formed colony of Connecticut, and some Narragansett Indians, who saw an opportunity to gain an upper hand over the Pequots, attacked a Pequot village at Mystic, burning it and massacring over 500 people.
- and some Narragansett Indians who saw an opportunity to gain an upper hand over the Pequots attacked a Pequot village at Mystic, burning it and massacring over 500 people.
and some Narragansett Indians who saw an opportunity to gain an upper hand over the Pequots attacked a Pequot village at Mystic, burning it and massacring over 500 people.
The Wife of Baths Tale - animated (captioned)
- They desire the upper hand at all times.
They desire the upper hand at all times.
- They desire the upper hand at all times.
They desire the upper hand at all times.
What’s Coming for Europe is MUCH WORSE Than Great Depression
- and Greenland since part of Denmark and Denmark is part of the European Union had also an upper hand in order to have some say around what is going to happen in the Arctic, I mean just take a look at the map and you can clearly see that Greenland is located right where it's supposed to be located,
and Greenland since part of Denmark and Denmark is part of the European Union had also an upper hand in order to have some say around what is going to happen in the Arctic, I mean just take a look at the map and you can clearly see that Greenland is located right where it's supposed to be located,
- And Greenland, since part of Denmark, and Denmark is part of the European Union, had also an upper hand in order to have some say around what is going to happen in the Arctic.
And Greenland, since part of Denmark, and Denmark is part of the European Union, had also an upper hand in order to have some say around what is going to happen in the Arctic.
Warren Buffett Preparing For A Crash Like 1929
- And that's probably why he is sitting on so much cash, he doesn't want to buy a company, he doesn't want to invest in a business, and he would rather keep most of his money in cash reserves because if an opportunity comes in, he will have that lifeline again, he will have that upper hand over everybody else.
And that's probably why he is sitting on so much cash, he doesn't want to buy a company, he doesn't want to invest in a business, and he would rather keep most of his money in cash reserves because if an opportunity comes in, he will have that lifeline again, he will have that upper hand over everybody else.
- and he would rather keep most of his money in cash reserves because if an opportunity comes in, he will have that lifeline again, he will have that upper hand over everybody else.
and he would rather keep most of his money in cash reserves because if an opportunity comes in, he will have that lifeline again, he will have that upper hand over everybody else.
The Stephen Curry Interview (Part 1) | LeBron James and Steve Nash | Mind the Game
- You know, I still feel like, you know, I got the upper hand here, right?
You know, I still feel like, you know, I got the upper hand here, right?
- When he came in the league, I still felt like the big brother, you know, I still feel like, you know, I got the upper hand here.
When he came in the league, I still felt like the big brother, you know, I still feel like, you know, I got the upper hand here.