society > authority > power > influence > have influence with [verb (transitive)] > have controlling or prevailing influence upon > cause success or failure of (2)
transitive. Proverbially contrasted with mar (mar, v. 2), and later also with break; esp. in to make or mar (also to make or break): to cause either…
transitive. Proverbially contrasted with mar (mar, v. 2), and later also with break; esp. in to make or mar (also to make or break): to cause either…