under one's thumb

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Completely controlled by someone; at someone’s command..
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She has the entire crew under her thumb. They would do anything for her.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

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在一個人的拇指下

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How to pronounce this phrase?

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    Alex
    US English
    Daniel
    Daniel
    British
    Karen
    Karen
    Australian
    Veena
    Veena
    Indian

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