under sb's thumb
under someone's control:
He's got the committee firmly under his thumb - they agree to whatever he asks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lack of freedom to act
- be in bondage to sth idiom
- be locked in sth
- bondage
- bound
- bound
- hand
- lock
- oppressed
- option
- paralysis
- paralytic
- qualified
- regimented
- shackle
- tether
- thumb
- tie
- tool
- tyranny
- under the heel of sth/sb idiom
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