EXERCISE CONTROL OVER SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
exercise control over someone or something: translation
exercise power over someone or something & 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.
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See if you can exercise some control over your appetite.
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I wish I could exercise some inf luence over the committee.