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English verb: act upon | |||
| 1. | act upon (social) have and exert influence or effect | ||
| Samples | The artist's work influenced the young painter. She worked on her friends to support the political candidate. | ||
| Synonyms | influence, work | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blackjack, blackmail, carry, color, colour, dominate, fix, form, get at, imprint, manipulate, militate, persuade, prejudice, prepossess, pressure, pull strings, pull wires, sway, swing, swing over | ||
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