hold sway (English, verb)
expansion: hold sway (third-person singular simple present holds sway, present participle holding sway, simple past and past participle held sway)
Senses:
glosses: To have the greatest influence (over someone or something); to be pre-eminent; to dominate.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: holds sway
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: holding sway
tags: participle
present
form: held sway
tags: participle
past
form: held sway
tags: past