throw one's weight around

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throw one's weight around (third-person singular simple present throws one's weight around, present participle throwing one's weight around, simple past threw one's weight around, past participle thrown one's weight around)

1. (idiomatic) To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.

   Jim was a tyrant who threw his weight around when it came to punishing his students.

• carry one's weight
• cut a wide swath
• override one's commission
• pull rank

• “throw your weight around” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.