"throw one's weight around" meaning in English

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        "present"
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      "form": "threw one's weight around",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Jim was a tyrant who threw his weight around when it came to punishing his students.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner."
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          "influence"
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          "authority",
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          "objectionable"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "carry one's weight"
        },
        {
          "word": "cut a wide swath"
        },
        {
          "word": "override one's commission"
        },
        {
          "word": "pull rank"
        }
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "throwing one's weight around",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threw one's weight around",
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "thrown one's weight around",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "carry one's weight"
    },
    {
      "word": "cut a wide swath"
    },
    {
      "word": "override one's commission"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull rank"
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        "To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To exercise influence or authority, especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner."
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