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a firm hand a firm handStrong, unwavering discipline and control. Children need a firm hand growing up—they crave structure and rules, despite their protests to the contrary. With the company's president making a series of brilliant decisions, it seems they finally have a firm hand at the helm.See also: firm, hand*firm handFig. [someone's] strong sense of management; a high degree of discipline and direction. (*Typically: exercise ~; have ~; need ~; take ~; use~.) I had to use a firm hand with Perry when he was a child. He had a problem with discipline.See also: firm, handa firm hand strict discipline or control. Often used in the the fuller form, a firm hand on the reins (or the tiller ), this phrase is employing the image of controlling a horse by using the reins (or a boat using the tiller).See also: firm, handa firm ˈhand strong discipline and control: What his son needs, if you ask me, is a firm hand!See also: firm, hand |