| VERB | social | act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect |
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| Meaning | Have and exert influence or effect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | influence, work | |
| Narrower | blackmail, blackjack, pressure | Exert pressure on someone through threats / threats |
| 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 |
| See also | act | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Spanish | influenciar, influir | |
| Catalan | influenciar, influir | |
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