over a barrel

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Meaning: (idiomatic)In adisadvantageousorhelplesssituation, especially one in which one may becontrolledorvictimized.1947September 1, “Happy Day”, inTime:Ford had the U.A.W.over a barrel; if it failed to sign by midnight, the U.A.W. would be forced to give up its union shop.2018September 1, “AP sources: Lawyer was told Russia had 'Trump over a barrel'”, inAP News:Bruce Ohr revealed that "an unnamed former Russian intelligence official had communicated that Russian intelligence believed 'they had Trumpover a barrel', a "sentiment [that] is echoed in Steele's dossier".

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