Usually means: Exercise significant influence or control.
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  1. hold sway: Merriam-Webster
  2. hold sway: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hold sway: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hold sway: Vocabulary.com
  5. hold sway: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hold sway: Wiktionary
  7. hold sway: Dictionary.com
  8. hold sway: Rhymezone
  9. hold sway: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hold sway: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hold sway: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. hold sway: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hold sway: Idioms

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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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