act upon

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verb

have and exert influence or effect
- The artist's work influenced the young painter
- She worked on her friends to support the political candidate
• Syn:
influence, work
• Derivationally related forms:
influence (for: influence)
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
prejudice, prepossess, imprint, form, militate,
manipulate, pull strings, pull wires, color, colour, swing,
swing over, blackmail, blackjack, pressure, carry, persuade,
sway, get at, fix, dominate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: work)