what does act upon mean?
ACT UPON as VERB
- Meaning
- have and exert influence or effect
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- The artist’’s work influenced the young painter
- She worked on her friends to support the political candidate
Hypernyms(s) act upon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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