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high hand

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For more than a year now you have carried things with a high hand.

He carried things with a high hand, indeed, treating the partners as he might a graceless lot of undisciplined midshipmen.

It was plain that through her career she would expect to carry things with a high hand.

They will want a show of gold at a humbler place, and at the Star we may carry matters with a high hand.

The Court hereupon sometimes thought to carry it with a high hand, and question Sir John for his words, and maintain the action.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to high hand, such as: big stick, control, firm hand, grip, heavy hand, and iron boot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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