Top
Top noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.
Upper hand and top are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upper hand" instead a noun "Top".
Upper hand
Upper hand noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.
Top and upper hand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Top" instead a noun phrase "Upper hand".
Both terms in one sentence
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On top of that, it was a fight V could not possibly have foreseen that he would have the upper hand in.
Source: Gambit Roulette -
Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts fight Pelius' royal guard and get the upper hand (especially when Herc topples part of the palace on top of them) and kill the henchman.
Source: Film / Hercules (1958) -
It looks like Ai has the upper hand, but then her bikini top falls off.
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