English-Danish translations for upper hand

• fordel
  Der er ingen tvivl om, hvem der opnår militære og teknologiske fordele: angriberne. There is no doubt as to who will gain the upper hand militarily and technologically: the invaders.
• overhånd
  For ofte har hysteriet taget overhånd og ført til store overskrifter i medierne. Too often hysteria gets the upper hand and hits the headlines.
  Hvis korruption og kriminalitet tager overhånd, bliver det uudholdeligt for folk at bo der. If corruption and crime gain the upper hand here, life for ordinary people will become intolerable.
  Men det er måske særlig vigtigt for disse lande, at de kan føle, at målet ikke er så fjernt, at populistisk kortsigtethed i politikken begynder at få overhånd. But it is perhaps especially important for those countries to be able to feel that the goal is not so distant that popular short-termism begins to take the upper hand in politics.
• overtag

Definition of upper hand

• Advantage or control

Related words

• get the upper hand
• gain the upper hand
• have the upper hand