under the lash

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Roget 749: subject, dependent, subordinate; feudal, feudatory; in subjection to, under control; in leading strings, in harness; subjected, enslaved etc. v.; constrained etc. 751; downtrodden; overborne, overwhelmed; under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked; the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of; under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb; a slave to; at the mercy of; in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of; at the feet of; at one's beck and call etc. (obedient) 743; liable etc. 177; parasitical; stipendiary.    ... meer laten zien

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Roget 744: by force etc. n., by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis [Lat.], under the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm.    under protest, in spite of one's teeth; against one's will etc. 603; nolens volens [Lat.] etc. (of necessity) 601; by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather; under press of; de rigueur.    with a gun to one's head.    ... meer laten zien

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