high hand
Overbearing exercise of power
High hand means an overbearing or domineering manner, typically in the phrase with a high hand: The committee acted with a high hand, ignoring all objections.
In poker and similar card games, the high hand is simply the best hand at the table—the one that wins the pot.
- iron fistBrutal autocratic rule
- iron gripExtremely tight grasp
- strong armCoerce through force
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- power playStrategic leverage attempt
arrogance · lording over · leadership · top brass · overconfidence · rule · imperiousness · hierarchy · autocracy · authoritarianism · peremptory · dominance · supremacy · sovereignty · big stick · assertiveness · jurisdiction · carte blanche
high handconsensus-building
Creating widespread agreement
consultation · servant leadership · collegiality · inclusiveness · egalitarianism
high handhumility
Freedom from arrogance
considerateness · gentleness · tact · meekness · graciousness
high, hand, higher, highest, highly, highness, hands, handed, handing