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heavy hand en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) The act of exercising power, rules, or discipline in an overly strict, domineering, or tyrannical way.
   • ruling with a heavy hand
2. The act of executing a task without a light, subtle touch, which often leads to clumsy or excessive results.
   • Harold’s heavy hand with the scissors might explain his youngest son George’s taste in hairstyle: a vertiginous pompadour buttressed by head wings and a ducktail. 2020, The Editors of PEOPLE, “George”, in PEOPLE Celebrating Beatlemania, page 31:

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Deriveds

heavy-handedness · heavy-handed