Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

throwing one's weight behind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
throw-ing one's weight be-hind
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of throw one's weight behind

Questions

What does throwing one's weight behind mean?
present participle and gerund of throw one's weight behind

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