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carry weight en · VERB

Meanings

1. To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.
2. To have influence.
   • What began as something loose and exploratory, from a budding musician who’s been writing songs since early adolescence, suddenly carried weight. 2026 July 6, Jonathan Cohen, “Violet Grohl Finds Her Own Frequency”, in SPIN, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2026:
   • Your excuses don't carry weight with me.
   • The reflex to flood a site with hundreds of pages is the wrong one, and in any field where accuracy carries weight, a single wrong claim does more damage than a hundred extra pages repair. 2026 July 10, Meghna Deshraj, “Being Found Is No Longer The Goal. Being Chosen Is”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2026:
   • Our motion did not carry much weight with the judge.
   • When M. Paladilhe was elected my friends said to me: 'Never mind; later on he'll vote for you, Maestro, and his support will carry a lot of weight'. I never had his vote, nor his support, nor his weight. 1948, Rollo H. Myers, Erik Satie, D. Dobson, page 31:
   • Manning Senior carries a lot of weight around here, he has a lot of friends; a lot of professional clout and can obviously get things done just barely within the lines of legality. 2002, Elizabeth Moynihan, Destiny's Whisper, Writers Club Press, page 376:
   • A recommendation from him carries a lot of weight around here. 2010, Gordon Ryan, American Voices: State of Rebellion,, page 247:

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Relateds

carry one's weight

Translations (5)

pl mieć wpływ (to have influence) · fr peser dans la balance (to have influence) · fi olla merkitystä (to have influence) · fi olla painoarvoa (to have influence) · fi painaa (to have influence)