英和和英

to assume the power―wield the power

rise to power

to exercise one's power―wield great power

to invest one with authority

to exert one's power―wield great power

to hold real power

to wield political power―assume the reins of government―take the reins of government

the state of having power

to hold sovereign power―wield the sceptre

to wield one's power

a rise to power

to assume the hegemony―gain the ascendancy―maintain one's supremacy

to be able to hold power

wield power

holding the reins of government

take the helm of state (affairs)

to contend for power

exertion of authority

Grab power

be in government

an act of sharing power

to assume the hegemony―gain the ascendancy―maintain one's supremacy

to wield military power

He holds real power

to lose one's power

to assume the reins of government

the action of fawning on power

to have the power of the sword―have the right of war and peace

possessed of authority

cling to power