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| ⇒ have the upper hand; take the upper hand; keep the upper hand | |||
| верхняя рука | |||
возможность диктовать свои условия; верх (в знач. "превосходство"); первенство (Biden by any measure retains the upper hand in the presidential race.  cnn.com 4uzhoj); перевес (greenuniv); превосходство (greenuniv); преимущество (At half time, the Italian team seem to have the upper hand. Val_Ships) | |||
| инициатива (в контексте, в фразах типа "перехватить инициативу" 4uzhoj) | |||
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upper hand : 192 phrases in 24 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
| Astronautics | 1 |
| Business | 2 |
| Chess | 2 |
| Common law Anglo-Saxon legal system | 1 |
| Dentistry | 4 |
| Diplomacy | 8 |
| Figurative | 6 |
| Figure of speech | 1 |
| General | 107 |
| Idiomatic | 23 |
| Informal | 6 |
| Judo | 3 |
| Librarianship | 1 |
| Makarov | 4 |
| Mathematics | 2 |
| Medical appliances | 2 |
| Oil / petroleum | 2 |
| Politics | 8 |
| Proverb | 2 |
| Psychology | 1 |
| Rhetoric | 1 |
| Sports | 1 |
| Uncommon / rare | 3 |