hold sway
Verb
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Verb
hold sway
- (idiomatic) Be pre-eminent; have the greatest influence (over someone or something); dominate.
- 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
- Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.
- 1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
- Italian: dominare
- Russian: преобладать
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