The President swings his weight to get laws passed.
Mr. Tomas swung his weight to get his son a job with the company.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
swing one's weight — {v. phr.} To use your personal power to get something done * /The President swings his weight to get laws passed./ * /Mr. Thomas swung his weight to get his son a job with the company./ … Dictionary of American idioms
swing one's weight — {v. phr.} To use your personal power to get something done * /The President swings his weight to get laws passed./ * /Mr. Thomas swung his weight to get his son a job with the company./ … Dictionary of American idioms
swing one's weight — impose one s full influence … English contemporary dictionary
weight — I n 1. heaviness, heft, heftiness, weightiness, ponderousness, ponderosity, gravity; pounds, tonnage, pressure; mass, density, volume, size; bulk, bulkiness, largeness, bigness, amplitude. 2. load, burden, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; duty … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
weight — See: PULL ONE S WEIGHT, SWING ONE S WEIGHT, THROW ONE S WEIGHT AROUND … Dictionary of American idioms
weight — See: PULL ONE S WEIGHT, SWING ONE S WEIGHT, THROW ONE S WEIGHT AROUND … Dictionary of American idioms
weight — See: pull one s weight, swing one s weight, throw one s weight around … Словарь американских идиом
swing — [swiŋ] vi. swung, swinging [ME swingen < OE swingan, akin to Ger schwingen, to brandish < IE base * sweng , to curve, swing] 1. to sway or move backward and forward with regular movement, as a freely hanging object or a ship at anchor;… … English World dictionary
Swing (video game) — Swing Developer(s) Software 2000 Publisher(s) Software 2000 … Wikipedia
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