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"To successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time."
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"(transitive, idiomatic) To successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time."
],
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"word": "under one's thumb"
},
{
"word": "putty in someone's hands"
},
{
"word": "eat out of someone's hand"
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"word": "play someone like a violin"
},
{
"word": "turn around one's finger"
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{
"word": "twist around one's little finger"
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{
"word": "wind around one's little finger"
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{
"word": "wrap around one's finger"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mati vra xaġacʿnel",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "մատի վրա խաղացնել"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "omotat si kolem prstu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "om zijn/haar vinger winden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "kietoa pikkusormensa ympärille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "mener quelqu’un par le bout du nez"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "um den Finger wickeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "um den kleinen Finger wickeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "ujja köré csavar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "kisujja köré csavar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "avere qualcuno in pugno"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "owinąć sobie kogoś wokół palca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "encoleirar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "weave ropes [from someone]",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vitʹ verjóvki",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "вить верёвки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "tener a alguien comiendo de la mano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "linda runt sitt finger"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "linda kring sitt finger"
}
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "play someone like a violin"
},
{
"word": "turn around one's finger"
},
{
"word": "twist around one's little finger"
},
{
"word": "wind around one's little finger"
},
{
"word": "wrap around one's finger"
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "mati vra xaġacʿnel",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "մատի վրա խաղացնել"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "omotat si kolem prstu"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "om zijn/haar vinger winden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "kietoa pikkusormensa ympärille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "mener quelqu’un par le bout du nez"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "um den Finger wickeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "um den kleinen Finger wickeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "ujja köré csavar"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "kisujja köré csavar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "avere qualcuno in pugno"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "owinąć sobie kogoś wokół palca"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "encoleirar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "weave ropes [from someone]",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vitʹ verjóvki",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "вить верёвки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "tener a alguien comiendo de la mano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "linda runt sitt finger"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to successfully control or influence",
"word": "linda kring sitt finger"
}
],
"word": "wrap around one's little finger"
}
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