sway

verb [T] (PERSUADE)

/sweɪ/

Definition

› to persuade someone to believe or to do something: Were you swayed by her arguments?

(Definition of sway verb (PERSUADE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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