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