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Fig. [someone's] strong sense of management; a high degree of discipline and direction. (*Typically: exercise ~; have ~; need ~; take ~; use~.) I had to use a firm hand with Perry when he was a child. He had a problem with discipline.

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Speaking about child curfews, he said: "These troublemakers need a firm hand. Tories plan to 'ground' tearaways; Police 'should be able to impose ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Others argue that a sizeable chunk of kids with that label are just plain badly-behaved and need a firm hand rather than chemical intervention. We need inquiry into ADHD kids by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Occasionally, there will be incidents that need a firm hand to sort out the guilty parties. Rugby World Cup: Rugby's rulers have lost plot on violence by Davies, Jonathan / The Mirror (London, England)			natural natural-born nature Nature abhors a vacuum nature stop naught nause out near near and dear to near at hand nearer the church, the farther from God nearest and dearest nearly nearly fall off chair nearly jump out of skin neat as a pin necessary necessity Necessity is the mother of invention Necessity knows no law neck neck and neck neck of the woods neck with need need a firm hand need doing need head examined need I remind you that need I say more Need I say more? need like a hole in the head need yesterday needle needle about needless to say needs needs must Needs must when the devil drives neglect to do negotiate neighbor neighbor on neither Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither can I neither does neither fish nor fowl neither here nor there neither rhyme nor reason nerve			nee nee née Nee (party) NEE (political party) Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu NEE party Neea NEEAA NEEAC NEEACT NEEAE NEEAN NEEAP NEEAR NEEAT NEEBC NEEBG NEEBS NEEC NEECC NEECOM NEECS need need need need need need Need 2 Game need a firm hand need a helping hand Need Analysis Servicer Need Arrival Date Need assessment Need Before Greed need complementarity need doing need done Need for Achievement need for action Need for Assistance Need for Better Speed Need for Orthodontic Treatment Index Need for Power Need for Precision Need for Recovery Need For Speed Need for Speed 3 Need For Speed Carbon Need for Speed Headquarters Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 3 Need for Speed II Need for Speed Pro Street

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