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have someone by the balls
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Have someone at one's mercy, as in You have to pay up—they've got you by the balls . The balls here allude to the male genitals. [ Vulgar slang ; early 1900s]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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