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单词 to have the wood on
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to have the wood on
j. to have the wood on (a person) and variants: to have the upper hand, to have a hold on. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. Cf. to have the goods on at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 7b.
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society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > have complete control over
windc1374
to bring (a person) above the thumb1469
to have to mastery1480
to have at one's beck1530
to turn and wind1557
to bring any one to, or have him at, one's bent1575
to turn over the thumb1603
to lead in a stringc1616
to hold at school1647
to wind (a person, etc.) round one's (little) finger1698
to twirl (a person) round one's finger1748
to twist (a person) round one's finger1780
to play with ——1827
to have (one) on toast1886
to have (got) by the balls1918
to have the wood onc1926
c1926 ‘Mixer’ Transport Workers' Song Bk. 7 I hold the ‘wood’ on those who work.
1944 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target vi. xxii. 168 Then we've taken another hiding. And I thought we had the wood on Jerry today.
1954 T. A. G. Hungerford Sowers of Wind xxi. 264 Can't you realize I've got the wood on you? You've got two minutes.
1965 L. Haylen Big Red i. 55 It was another of her occasions of fear: she liked having the wood on you.
1974 D. Stuart Prince of my Country ix. 66 Father stands up. ‘Look, Marney... Get down and be civil or shut up and get to hell out of it’! Mr Marney dismounts... Mr Molloy pours tea and makes room on the bench. It looks as if Father has the wood on this sour old man right from the start.
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