get by the balls
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See balls (“testicles”).
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get by the balls (third-person singular simple present gets by the balls, present participle getting by the balls, simple past got by the balls, past participle (UK) got by the balls or (US) gotten by the balls)
- (slang, vulgar) To have complete control over someone, especially of a woman abusing a man's infatuation with her.
- 1974, Rolling Stones, Short And Curlies:
- Too bad she's got you by the balls.
- If you’ve got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
- (Theodore Roosevelt)
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to have complete control over someone
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