have sb in the palm of your hand
also have sb eating out of the palm of your handto have complete control over someone and to be able to make them do anything you want:
He had the audience in the palm of his hand.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
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 sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- heel
- high-handed
- hook
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- regimentation
- rein
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