throw one's weight around
throw one's weight around · throws one's weight around · threw one's weight around · thrown one's weight around · throwing one's weight around
To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an…To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Examples
37 sentencesForms
throws one's weight around, throwing one's weight around, threw one's weight around, thrown one's weight around| Base form | throw one's weight around · to throw one's weight around |
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| 3rd person singular | throws one's weight around |
| Present participle | throwing one's weight around |
| Past simple | threw one's weight around |
| Past participle | thrown one's weight around |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | throw one's weight around |
| he, she, it | throws one's weight around |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | threw one's weight around |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have thrown one's weight around |
| he, she, it | has thrown one's weight around |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will throw one's weight around |
Word family
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Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb