put weight on some part of the body

to subject an injured body part, as a foot or knee, to the weight of standing, to test its strength. My doctor told me I can put weight on my broken leg next week.

See also: body, of, on, part, put, weight

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Paget	-	English (Rare)
Sinikka	SEE-neek-kah	Finnish
Wilbert	VIL-bərt, WIL-bərt	Dutch
Bambang	BAHM-bahng	Indonesian, Javanese
TÀMhas	-	Scottish
Abel	AY-bəl (English), ah-BEL (Spanish), ə-BEL (Portuguese)	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georgian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek