"over a barrel" meaning in All languages combined

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        {
          "ref": "1947 September 1, “Happy Day”, in Time",
          "text": "Ford had the U.A.W. over a barrel; if it failed to sign by midnight, the U.A.W. would be forced to give up its union shop.",
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          "ref": "2018 September 1, “AP sources: Lawyer was told Russia had 'Trump over a barrel'”, in AP News",
          "text": "Bruce Ohr revealed that \"an unnamed former Russian intelligence official had communicated that Russian intelligence believed 'they had Trump over a barrel', a \"sentiment [that] is echoed in Steele's dossier\".",
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        "In a disadvantageous or helpless situation, especially one in which one may be controlled or victimized."
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          "disadvantageous",
          "disadvantageous"
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          "helpless",
          "helpless"
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          "control",
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          "victimize",
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        "(idiomatic) In a disadvantageous or helpless situation, especially one in which one may be controlled or victimized."
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        {
          "word": "up a tree"
        },
        {
          "word": "up the creek"
        },
        {
          "word": "have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms"
        }
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in a helpless situation",
          "word": "hopeloos"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in a helpless situation",
          "word": "in de knel"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in a helpless situation",
          "word": "spalle al muro"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zastátʹ kovó-líbo vrasplóx",
          "sense": "in a helpless situation",
          "word": "заста́ть кого́-ли́бо враспло́х"
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        "(idiomatic) In a disadvantageous or helpless situation, especially one in which one may be controlled or victimized."
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    {
      "word": "up a tree"
    },
    {
      "word": "up the creek"
    },
    {
      "word": "have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in a helpless situation",
      "word": "hopeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in a helpless situation",
      "word": "in de knel"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a helpless situation",
      "word": "spalle al muro"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zastátʹ kovó-líbo vrasplóx",
      "sense": "in a helpless situation",
      "word": "заста́ть кого́-ли́бо враспло́х"
    }
  ],
  "word": "over a barrel"
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