hold power

Synonyms

predominate

Examples

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation. Christopher Hitchens

Collective freedom provides the basic conditions for people to narrate their own lives, hold power accountable, and embrace a capacious notion of human dignity. Henry Giroux

In a democracy, supposedly we hold power by what we do at the ballot box, so therefore the more we know about political power the better our choices should be and the better, in theory, our democracy should be. Robert Caro

The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away. Saul Alinsky

Words in the phrase

hold power

Close letter words and terms

hold over one's head hold position hold positions hold prisoner hold probability hold ransom