the upper hand's Usage Examples:

The Sasanians maintained the upper hand until 530 but the Byzantines recovered their position in battles at Dara.

By 1528 Ferdinand managed to gain the upper hand over Zapolya in Hungary, however, Zapolya in turn swore an oath to.

They manage to get the upper hand and march back to town with both the outlaw and the gold, to later learn that Bart Dawson had believed Jadbury Wilson was dead and now that he knows differently he is willing to share the recovered gold.

Although Black might be objectively able to survive and even convert his material advantage to a win, the complications are huge and whoever is better prepared to deal with the position has certainly the upper hand in practical games.

defeat of Napoleon in 1814, during which royalist armies were able to gain the upper hand in the Spanish American wars of independence.

state of excitement and the Whigs and Tories continually trying to gain the upper hand.

According to military strategy, you should gain the upper hand first before actually fighting a battle.

On that night, the Beverly Brothers got the upper hand and eliminated both Luke and Butch.

made use of their mobility and intimate knowledge of the terrain to gain the upper hand.

the upper hand, running Gibert into the steel ringpost several times, bloodying him in the process before the cameras went to a commercial.

However, most neutral assessments agree that India had the upper hand over Pakistan when ceasefire was declared, but the propaganda in Pakistan about the war continued in favor of Pakistan Army.

Once there either side may gain the upper hand by means of a smuggle and run, or the scrum may become immobile in one of the many closes and yards.

frustrated with Lucy as she constantly gets the upper hand in their sibling quibbles.

Synonyms:

close,

Antonyms:

distant, open,