English > act upon: 1 sense > verb 1, social| Meaning | Have and exert influence or effect. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | influence, work |
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| Narrower | blackmail, blackjack, pressure | Exert pressure on someone through threats / threats |
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| carry, persuade, sway | win approval or support for |
| color, colour | modify or bias |
| dominate | Be in control |
| fix | Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means |
| get at | Influence by corruption |
| imprint, form | Establish or impress firmly in the mind |
| manipulate, pull strings, pull wires | Influence or control shrewdly or deviously |
| militate | Have force or influence |
| prejudice, prepossess | Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance |
| swing, swing over | Influence decisively |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
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| See also | act | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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| Catalan | influir |
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| Spanish | influir |
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