ACT UPON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Have and exert influence or effect

Example:

She worked on her friends to support the political candidate

Synonyms:

act upon; influence; work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "act upon" is one way to...):

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "act upon"):

prejudice; prepossess (influence (somebody's) opinion in advance)

form; imprint (establish or impress firmly in the mind)

militate (have force or influence; bring about an effect or change)

manipulate; pull strings; pull wires (influence or control shrewdly or deviously)

color; colour (modify or bias)

swing; swing over (influence decisively)

blackjack; blackmail; pressure (exert pressure on someone through threats)

carry; persuade; sway (win approval or support for)

get at (influence by corruption)

fix (influence an event or its outcome by illegal means)

dominate (be in control)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something