Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threw one's weight around

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
threw one's weight around
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
1
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

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What does threw one's weight around mean?
simple past of throw one's weight around

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