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- throw one's weight around
throw one's weight around
throw one's weight around
Wield power or authority, especially in a heavy-handed way. For example, One doesn't make oneself popular by throwing one's weight around. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Leia | | LAY-a (Popular Culture) | Biblical Greek, Popular Culture |
| Balder | | - | Norse Mythology |
| Alvin | | ['ælvin] | |
| Almon | | ['ælmən] | |
| Donna | | ['dɔnə] | |
| Snezhana | | - | Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian |