"get by the balls" meaning in English

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          "text": "If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow."
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        "(slang, vulgar) To have complete control over someone, especially of a woman abusing a man's infatuation with her."
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to have complete control over someone",
          "word": "tenere per le palle"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "deržátʹ za jájca",
          "sense": "to have complete control over someone",
          "word": "держа́ть за я́йца"
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      "sense": "to have complete control over someone",
      "word": "tenere per le palle"
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      "roman": "deržátʹ za jájca",
      "sense": "to have complete control over someone",
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  "word": "get by the balls"
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