the whip hand
• a position of power or control over someone.
• "he had the whip hand over other members of the cabinet"
Similar:
the upper hand,
a commanding position,
an/the edge,
an advantage,
a lead,
a head start,
ascendancy,
superiority,
supremacy,
sway,
control,
predominance,
power,
mastery,
dominance,
command,
prepotence,
prepotency,
paramountcy,
prepollency,
