From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishimpinge on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb formalEFFECT/INFLUENCEto have a harmful effect on someone or something Personal problems experienced by students may impinge on their work. —impingement noun [countable, uncountable] → impinge→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
impinge on/upon • It does not tell historians what to encode in a given source and thus impinge upon interpretation.• Except, of course, where they directly impinge on me, that is.• Or, indeed, the reverse, how does our understanding of Ireland currently impinge on our reading of Spenser?• We can, however, have a much greater influence than at present over how such developments impinge upon professional practices.• We are probably also acquainted with examples where local and national government, large and big business impinge on the local community.• It identified a series of constraints impinging on the urban cores and on many of those living within them.• This section highlights some of the principal types of variation between places that impinge on their economic performance and social problems.• Your subconscious knows when it's encountered another who's impinging on your life, your love. 