under the control of someone, under someone's thumb

there's many a slip twixt cup and lip

to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever / to cut, to clip, to trim / to cut off, to keep out / to dilute (with water) / to crack

plural of coupe

second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of couper

(idiomatic) to split hairs

third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of couper

third-person singular future of couper

inflection of couper:
/ inflection of couper:

second-person singular future of couper