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have someone's ear — To be sure of someone s favourable attention • • • Main Entry: ↑ear * * * have someone’s ear phrase to know someone with power or authority who will listen to you He has the director’s ear. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym … Useful english dictionary
have someone in the palm of one's hand — HAVE CONTROL OVER, have influence over, have someone eating out of one s hand, have someone on a string; N. Amer. have someone in one s hip pocket. → palm * * * have (or hold) someone in the palm of one s hand have someone under one s control or… … Useful english dictionary
have someone in the palm of your hand — phrase to have complete power over someone so that they do what you tell them to do He had the audience in the palm of his hand. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym Main entry: palm * * * have someone in the palm of your hand see ↑palm … Useful english dictionary
have someone’s number — [v] know someone’s motives be onto someone, be wise to someone*, have someone pegged*, have someone sized up*, know what makes someone tick*, read someone; concepts 15,18,37 … New thesaurus
have someone by the balls — (vulgar sl) To have someone at one s mercy or in a helpless state • • • Main Entry: ↑ball * * * have someone by the balls phrase to have complete control over someone, so that they have to do what you want Thesaurus: to limit someone s freedom to … Useful english dictionary
have someone in one's power — have someone under one s power I doubt that Roger will ever have Etta under his power Syn: have control over, have influence over, have under one s thumb, have at one s mercy, have in one s clutches, have in the palm of one s hand, have someone… … Thesaurus of popular words
have someone on a string — informal phrase to be able to control someone Thesaurus: to limit someone s freedom to actsynonym Main entry: string * * * have (someone) on a string informal : to be able to make ( … Useful english dictionary
have someone taped — have someone/something taped british informal phrase to understand someone or something perfectly and to know how to deal with them effectively You can’t fool me. I’ve got you taped. Thesaurus: to understand somethingsynonym Main entry: tape * * … Useful english dictionary
have someone's back — (chiefly US inf) To protect someone • • • Main Entry: ↑back * * * have someone s back see WATCH SOMEONE S BACK ((BELOW)) • • • Main Entry: ↑back … Useful english dictionary
have someone or something all to yourself — have (someone or something) (all) to yourself : to be in a situation in which you are not required to share someone or something with anyone else We have the entire evening to ourselves. [=we have no plans to do anything with anyone else this… … Useful english dictionary
have someone on (your) hands — have (someone/something) on (your) hands to be responsible for someone or something. If the president doesn t take an interest in the economy, he could well have an economic disaster on his hands. The coach was a little surprised to have this… … New idioms dictionary
