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Meaning of under one's thumb | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Completely controlled by someone; at someone's command.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

She has the entire crew under her thumb. They would do anything for her.”
“...when you find a man under his wife's thumb you can always be sure there's a soft spot in him somewhere.”
“`Fatty's under the thumb. Yeah it's not hard to see who wears the pants in that family. The wuss.'”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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