"thrown one's weight around" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} thrown one's weight around
  1. past participle of throw one's weight around Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: throw one's weight around
    Sense id: en-thrown_one's_weight_around-en-verb-bOL4EClN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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