upper hand in English

advantage; priority

Use "upper hand" in a sentence

1. Following in Saʽadia’s footsteps, rabbinic Judaism eventually gained the upper hand.

2. 15 Our team gained / had the upper hand in the second half.

3. 19 Our team gained / had the upper hand in the second half.

4. By this time, the Batavians were independent and clearly had the upper hand.

5. So which is preferable? It appears that Bylaw is gaining the upper hand.

6. Overall, the rate of conversion Straddle air to get the upper hand again.

7. To keep the upper hand, he would adroitly play one group against the other.

8. He might even try to keep the upper hand by pitting colleagues against one another.

9. stresses that restrictive approaches must not be allowed to gain the upper hand in the EU;

10. With a smaller force, the Muslim army had to find a strategy to gain the upper hand.

11. By 7 December, the British troops, supported by rocket fire, had begun to gain the upper hand.

12. After the failure of the Soviet Union to gain the upper hand in the crisis, Serov was dismissed.

13. “The Bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations

14. 19 My brother had gotten the upper hand in their fight, but I was kept standing by if necessary.

15. An Aggro deck rarely plays on the defensive unless it's facing another Aggro deck that gains the upper hand

16. From a military standpoint, the Portuguese regular army held the upper hand during the conflict against the independentist guerrilla forces.

17. Prince Diponegoro started a fierce guerrilla war and it was not until 1827 that the Dutch army gained the upper hand.

18. ' Bucko ' continued: "Hearing the local media here, they felt that Belarussian teams had the tt upper hand on Irish clubs

19. 27 For a fleeting second she allowed herself to revel in the unaccustomed feeling of having the upper hand over him.

20. Up until the 1920s, the Navy Ministry held the upper hand over the Navy General Staff in terms of political influence.

21. Those who confront others in order to gain the upper hand or to make themselves appear better are abusing the art of Confrontation.

22. Everywhere we look today, it seems that the aggressive and the high-minded are gaining the upper hand and are taking what they want.

23. The strike was short-lived: "With the upper hand, Batista drove boldly around the city while his cops proceeded to make their supremacy complete.

24. Throughout 2004, it became abundantly clear that Russia’s internal security apparatus had gained the upper hand in deciding how to manage economic and political problems.

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29. Wolfgang Eder, chief executive of Voestalpine, the Austrian steelmaker, told the Financial Times that miners would start to lose the upper hand in contract negotiations in 18 months.

30. A civil war between the Finnish Red Guards and the White Guard ensued a few months later, with the Whites gaining the upper hand during the springtime of 1918.

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33. Around the end of the maritime voyages, the civil government gained the upper hand within the state bureaucracy, while the eunuchs gradually fell out of favor after the death of the Yongle Emperor.

34. Concealing that you have a gun until the moment you need it keeps the information with you and out of the hands of someone who might use it to gain the upper hand

35. How many times had he risen to his feet in the combat, held fast to the rock, leaning against sophism, dragged in the dust, now getting the upper hand of his conscience, again overthrown by it!

36. 1 day ago · A year after the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles shut down and then reopened under reduced capacity, officials are finally getting the upper hand on the Backlog that was created.

37. The Boogey-man fires its energy blasts while the other fires its mustard and ketchup cannons, both of which put them at a stalemate, until the ketchup and mustard cannons gain the upper hand and hit the Boogey-man

38. The Boogey-man fires its energy blasts while the other fires its mustard and ketchup cannons, both of which put them at a stalemate, until the ketchup and mustard cannons gain the upper hand and hit the Boogey-man

39. Conqueror was designed to help fighters in extended combat, but it offers too much immediate power since users can bypass its initial delay—the window where opponents should have the upper hand—by staying in combat against minions so Conqueror is prepped at all times.

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