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hold sway over
Idioms and Phrases
Dominate, have a controlling influence over, as in He held sway over the entire department . This idiom uses the noun sway in the sense of “power†or “dominion,†a usage dating from the late 1500s.Example Sentences
One local leader had managed to stay in hiding and still hold sway over organised crime in his local district, police explained.
Mexican authorities have repeatedly denied that cartels control the country, though security experts say that organized crime does hold sway over vast swaths of Mexican territory.
These fearsome carnivores, known for their splotchy fur and cackling “laughter,†form complicated social networks in which high-ranking females hold sway over males and other, less dominant females.
“You had truly evil empires that were murdering people and enslaving them in order to hold sway over their part of the world.â€
Other federal officials are looking to hold sway over the growing AI sector.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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