Usually means: Exercise significant influence or control.
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  5. hold sway: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hold sway: Wiktionary
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  10. hold sway: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  12. hold sway: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To have the greatest influence (over someone or something); to be pre-eminent; to dominate.

Similar:
dominate, reign supreme, predominate, lord over, prædominate, hold the stage, prevail, outbalance, rule the roost, loom large, more...

Opposite:
lose influence, lose control, weaken, decline, subside

Types:
influence, dominate, prevail, predominate, more...

Phrases:
hold sway over, more...

Adjectives:
hung up, hold, lean, dree, stick, upstanding, stay, best, stand-up, pocket, halt

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Similar:
dominate, reign supreme, predominate, lord over, prædominate, hold the stage, prevail, outbalance, rule the roost, loom large, more...

Opposite:
lose influence, lose control, weaken, decline, subside

Types:
influence, dominate, prevail, predominate, more...

Phrases:
hold sway over, more...

Adjectives:
hung up, hold, lean, dree, stick, upstanding, stay, best, stand-up, pocket, halt



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