The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SWAY
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More clues leading to the result SWAY
- Long ago got onto small problem for horse
- Influence bringing about changes in relation to course
- Cycling means power!
- Two-up, around second in Masters, showing dominance
- State curbs Welsh leader’s power
- Rock, southern style
- Manage to convince, perhaps cuddling wife
- Second method to gain supremacy
- Power of wife lying in state
- Direct route following sun
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What does SWAY mean?
SWAY noun- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- To have weight or influence.
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.