upper hand

Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English  +  (superior control; superior position). Not, as supposed, from a card game or counting-out game.

Noun

 * 1)  Advantage or control.
 * 2)  The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking
 * 1)  The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking
 * 1)  The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking
 * 1)  The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking
 * 1)  The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking
 * 1)  The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking

Translations

 * Arabic: اَلْيَدُ الْعُلْيَا
 * Danish: overhånd
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Überhand, Oberhand
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: hafa yfirhöndina, mega betur, hafa vinninginn, hafa undirtökin
 * Irish: ceannsmacht, an lámh a bheith in uachtar agat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: overhånd, overhand
 * Nynorsk: overhand
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: làmh an uachdair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏дно̄ст
 * Roman:
 * Swedish: