heavy hand
noun
—used to say that something has been done without delicacy or with too much force
a cook who has a heavy hand with the salt
went at the task with a heavy hand
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Tkachuk had a heavy hand in getting the Panthers to the doorstep of their ultimate goal in Year 1.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
Nagata plays the heavy hand, asking why Sam never told them the gunmen at her club had matching tattoos.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
Taiwan’s increasing talk of independence — the separatist Democratic Progressive party won a third term in January — was fueled in part by the Chinese Communist government’s heavy hand in Hong Kong, and has infuriated Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 11 May 2024
Popular media has played a heavy hand in influencing names.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 10 May 2024
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
Nagata plays the heavy hand, asking why Sam never told them the gunmen at her club had matching tattoos.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
Taiwan’s increasing talk of independence — the separatist Democratic Progressive party won a third term in January — was fueled in part by the Chinese Communist government’s heavy hand in Hong Kong, and has infuriated Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 11 May 2024
Popular media has played a heavy hand in influencing names.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 10 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for heavy hand
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“Heavy hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavy%20hand. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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