carry an amount of weight

carry (an amount of) weight

tv. to have a degree of influence. Tom carries a lot of weight with the mayor. Ask him.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lexie	LEKS-ee	English
Marguerite	mar-gə-REET, mar-GREET	French
Zhyrgal	-	Kyrgyz
Imram	-	Arabic
Britton	['britən]
Davud	-	Persian