high-handedadjective
uk/ˌhaɪˈhæn.dɪd/us/ˌhaɪˈhæn.dɪd/disapprovingusing power or authority more forcefully than is needed, without thinking about the feelings or wishes of other people
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Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- balance of power
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- heel
- hook
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- regimentation
- rein
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high-handedness
noun [ U ] uk/ˌhaɪˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/us/ˌhaɪˈhæn.dɪd.nəs/