Synonyms for upper-hand
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1. upper-handnoun

   Synonyms:
   advantage, mastery, dominion, control

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1. Adam Sarhan:

   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.

2. Theodore Roosevelt:

   My position as regards the monied interests can be put in a few words. In every civilized society property rights must be carefully safeguarded; ordinarily and in the great majority of cases, human rights and property rights are fundamentally and in the long run, identical; but when it clearly appears that there is a real conflict between them, human rights must have the upper hand; for property belongs to man and not man to property.

3. 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.

4. Ellen Johnson:

   The sustaining of anti-Ebola measures over the last two months has meant that in Liberia we now have the upper hand, But our government remains concerned that progress in this battle will lead to complacency on the part of the international community.

5. Margaret Harris:

   This will further stigmatise anyone with symptoms of Ebola and is likely to drive infections underground just at a time when we're getting the upper hand.