keep (one) on a tight leash

To maintain strict or tight control over one; to not allow one very much independence or autonomy. Ever since Sarah lost their life savings in a drunken poker match, her husband started keeping her on a tight leash. The boss has kept her assistant on a tight leash ever since she hired him.

See also: keep, leash, on, tight

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give (one) (one's) head
give somebody their head
give someone his or her head
give someone his/her head, to
drive (one) out of office
force (one) out of office
force out of office
(something) pays for itself
as one door closes, another (one) opens

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