hold sway over

Dominate, have a controlling influence over, as in He held sway over the entire department. This idiom uses the noun sway in the sense of "power" or "dominion," a usage dating from the late 1500s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hachirou	hah-chee-ṙo:	Japanese
Amel (1)	-	Bosnian
Yusup	-	Uyghur
Pythios	-	Greek Mythology
Tadeo	tah-DE-o	Spanish
Evaristo	e-vah-REE-sto (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese