Practice FrenchC1noun
l’emprise
hold, sway over someone
« Il a mis des années à se soustraire à l’emprise de sa famille. »
“It took him years to escape his family’s hold.”
In other languages
- Spanish dominio, ascendiente
- Portuguese domínio, ascendência
- German beherrschender Einfluss
- Italian ascendente, presa
- Arabic النفوذ
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