under the lash
adjective
Roget 749:
subject,
dependent,
subordinate;
feudal,
feudatory;
in subjection to,
under control;
in leading strings,
in harness;
subjected,
enslaved
etc.
v.;
constrained
etc.
751;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
under the lash,
on the hip,
led by the nose,
henpecked;
the puppet of,
the sport of,
the plaything of;
under one's orders,
under one's command,
under one's thumb;
a slave to;
at the mercy of;
in the power of,
in the hands of,
in the clutches of;
at the feet of;
at one's beck and call
etc.
(obedient)
743;
liable
etc.
177;
parasitical;
stipendiary.
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adverb
Roget 744:
by force
etc.
n.,
by force of arms;
on compulsion,
perforce;
vi et armis [Lat.],
under the lash;
at the point of the sword,
at the point of the bayonet;
forcibly;
by a strong arm.
under protest,
in spite of one's teeth;
against one's will
etc.
603;
nolens volens [Lat.]
etc.
(of necessity)
601;
by stress of circumstances,
by stress of weather;
under press of;
de rigueur.
with a gun to one's head.
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