throw one's weight around
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editthrow 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)
- (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.