Right
Right noun - Something to which one has a just claim.
Upper hand and right are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upper hand" instead a noun "Right".
Upper hand
Upper hand noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.
Right and upper hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Right" instead a noun phrase "Upper hand".
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Both terms in one sentence
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Several times Rei was apparently getting the upper hand or gaining an advantage or rising after getting stomped flat... right before getting pummelled by Zeruel again.
Source: Fanfic / Advice and Trust -
The trope comes into play when the woman manages to stab Lubbock in the back while he had the upper hand in the fight and once again asks for her parents to be freed from jail right before she dies.
Source: Anime / Akame ga Kill! -
Tempting Fate: Rufio's claim that he has the upper hand during his fight with and right before his death at the hands of Hook.
Source: Film / Hook
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