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What is an iron hand?

What is an iron hand? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (figuratively) Firmess, inflexibility, sternness.
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The iron hand was always firmly inside the velvet glove of the class society.
The men were a mixed crew, many of them itinerants, and Bill Clarke had no choice but to rule them with an iron hand.
The fact is that India has realised that the only way to tackle China is with an iron hand in a velvet glove.
An iron hand press operated by two people prints 200 to 250 sheets per hour.
The participants expressed concern at the growing menace of terrorism across the globe and the need to put it down with an iron hand.
The fact that they're even writing a constitution is actually different from living under the iron hand of a dictator.

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