
What Does “under one’s thumb” mean?
Definition:
completely controlled by someone; at someone’s command.
Example(s)
She has her husband under her thumb. He would do anything for her.
This idiom is in the parts of the body category.

completely controlled by someone; at someone’s command.
She has her husband under her thumb. He would do anything for her.
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