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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 |
|---|
| Alger | | ['ældʒə] | |
| Ruzha | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian |
| Harland | | HAHR-lənd | English |
| Aemilius | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Cora | | KAWR-ə (English) | English, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized) |
| Arminius | | - | Ancient Germanic (Latinized) |