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
Jabin	JAY-bin (English)	Biblical
Jadran	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Avia	-	Hebrew
Channing	CHAN-ing	English (Modern)
Lyle	LIE-əl, LIEL	English
Joon	joon	Korean