to have great sway

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• sway — [[t]swe͟ɪ[/t]] sways, swaying, swayed 1) VERB When people or things sway, they lean or swing slowly from one side to the other. [V adv/prep] The people swayed back and forth with arms linked... The whole boat swayed and tipped. [V ing] ...a… …   English dictionary

• sway — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to move slowly from one side to another: trees swaying gently in the breeze | sway sth: Melanie swayed her hips in time with the music. 2 (transitive often passive) to influence someone who has not yet decided about something so… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• Sway bar — A sway bar (also stabilizer bar, anti sway bar, roll bar, or anti roll bar, ARB) is an automobile suspension device. It connects opposite (left/right) wheels together through short lever arms linked by a torsion spring. A sway bar increases the… …   Wikipedia

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• hold sway — 1. to control. Each group that held sway over a particular strip of the Mississippi River controlled who used it. 2. to have great influence. Ten years after she correctly predicted the crash, she still holds sway among stock brokers …   New idioms dictionary

• hold sway — ► hold sway have great power or influence. Main Entry: ↑sway …   English terms dictionary

• hold sway — verb be master; reign or rule (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑control, ↑command • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * I see …   Useful english dictionary

• Sister Sway — is a singing girl duo who participated in the 1999 Great British Song Contest with the song Until You Saved My Life. The pair were sisters Nikki and Mandy Jackson. It was Nikki s second attempt at Eurovision, having finished 2nd in the 1988 A… …   Wikipedia

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