“the whip”

The following 5 entries include the term the whip.

crack the whip

phrase

: to adopt or apply an authoritative, tyrannical, or threatening approach or policy (as in demanding harder work from employees)

pop-the-whip

noun

: crack-the-whip

snap-the-whip

noun

: crack-the-whip

a fair crack of the whip

noun phrase

: the same chance as other people to do something

the whip hand

noun

: the position of having power or being in control in a particular situation


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