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iron hand en · NOUN
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(figuratively) Firmness, inflexibility, sternness.
The mental hospital setting is merely a symbol for the world, and in it the powers that be rule with an iron hand.
1975 December 20, “"Cuckoo's Nest" Still a Valid Statement of the Non-conformist's Struggles”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 13:Reverend Harris ran Clerkebury with an iron hand and an abiding sense of fairness.
1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, page 41:
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iron fist