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have someone in the palm of one's hand
vs
hold someone in the palm of one's hand
have someone in the palm of one's hand
verb
To have full control or influence over someone.
hold someone in the palm of one's hand
How often have the words
have someone in the palm of one's hand
and
hold someone in the palm of one's hand
occurred in a corpus of books?
(source:
Google Ngram Viewer
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