Definitions from Wiktionary (have someone by the short hairs)
▸ verb: (idiomatic) To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic) To have someone in a difficult situation in which he or she is without alternatives and can be controlled.
Similar:
draw the short straw,
have someone's six,
have got someone's six,
do someone like that,
wife up,
button-hole,
noodge,
have a bone in one's leg,
stick fat,
ride the short bus,
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