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exercise power over

   Also found in: Legal 0.03 sec.
exercise power over
someone or something and exercise control over someone or something; exercise influence over someone or something to have someone or something under one's control or influence. The dictator exercised power over the island for many years. See if you can exercise some control over your appetite. I wish I could exercise some influence over the committee.
See also: exercise, power


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But the agreements won't mean an end to Syrian influence in Lebanon, and some Lebanese — as well as Washington — remain concerned that the Damascus regime will continue to try to exercise power over its neighbor.
He argues that conservative laws banning abortion and homosexuality foster an atmosphere in which "macho males" feel able to exercise power over others.
With respect to the narrower relevant market defined based on WatchGuard alone, the Court rejected the idea that FP and Vector had enough power to force out some other potential bidder or to otherwise exercise power over WatchGuard's shareholders.
 
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