Hold Sway

Definition: Hold Sway

Hold Sway

Verb

1. Be master; reign or rule.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Hold Sway

Business

Often the promotion divisions may hold sway in a dispute as the pressures imposed on the society by the recent economic crisis have reinforced the preference for economic advance. (references)

Human Rights

Malaysia

However, the Chief Justice has made clear his opposition to the practices of the past and his intention to make the law, rather than political considerations, hold sway over the legal process, including decisions on whether or not to prosecute. (references)

Political Economy

South Africa

While slipping from 11 percent to roughly 9 percent of the vote nationally in 1999, the IFP still managed to hold sway in KwaZulu-Natal, again sweeping most rural areas of the province. (references)

Women

East Timor

For example, in some regions or villages where traditional practices hold sway, women may not inherit or own property. (references)

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Expression using "hold sway": hold sway over. Additional references.

Bulgarian 

владея (command, control, dominate, hold sway over, own, possess, ride, sway, wield). (various references)

German

herrschen (be prevalent, be rampant, control, dominate, govern, obtain, predominate, preside, prevail, reign, restrain, rule, to dominate). (various references)

Hungarian

uralma alatt tart vkit (have sway over sy, to bear sway over sy, to hold sway over sy), uralkodik vki szíve fölött (to hold sway over one's heart). (various references)

Pig Latin

oldhay aysway

Turkish

hakim olmak (become a judge, command, control, dominate, have a command of, hold sway over, master, possess, predominate, rule over), üzerinde etkili olmak (hold sway over). (various references)

impero. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: shadowy.

-2 letters: aholds, shadow, shoaly, woalds.

-3 letters: ahold, awols, dahls, dashy, dhals, dhows, halos, holds, howdy, howls, hoyas, hylas, loads, odyls, sadly, shady, shaly, shawl, shoal, showy, sloyd, waldo, washy, woads, woald, wolds, yawls, yodhs, yowls.

-4 letters: ados, ahoy, alow, also, ashy, awls, awol, dahl, dahs, dals, dash, daws, days, dhal, dhow, dols, dows.

+1 letter: shadowily.

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