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under one's thumb

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underone'sthumb

  1. (idiomatic) Completelycontrolled by someone; at someone'scommand.
    She has the entire crewunder her thumb. They would do anything for her.
    • 1912,Willa Cather,The Bohemian Girl::
      ...when you find a manunder his wife's thumb you can always be sure there's a soft spot in himsomewhere.
    • 1995,Paul Vautin,Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page144:
      `Fatty'sunder the thumb. Yeah it's not hard to see who wears the pants in that family. The wuss.'

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