carry (an amount of) weight

carry (an amount of) weight

To wield importance or influence. Due to your status, your remarks carry a lot of weight, so I encourage you to speak out on this issue—people might finally start taking it seriously. Without research to support these claims, I'm afraid they don't carry much weight.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

carry (a lot of) weight (with someone or something)

Fig. to be very influential with someone or some group of people. Your argument does not carry a lot of weight with me. The senator's testimony carried a lot of weight with the council.
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carry one's (own) weight

 and pull one's (own) weight
Fig. to do one's share; to earn one's keep. (The weight is the burden that is the responsibility of someone.) Tom, you must be more helpful around the house. We each have to carry our own weight. Bill, I'm afraid that you can't work here anymore. You just haven't been carrying your weight.
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carry weight (with someone)

Fig. to have influence with someone; [for an explanation] to amount to a good argument to use with someone. That carries a lot of weight with the older folks. What you say carries no weight with me.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

carry weight

Also, carry authority or conviction . Exert influence, authority, or persuasion, as in No matter what the President says, his words always carry weight. Shakespeare combined two of these expressions in Henry VIII (3:2): "Words cannot carry authority so weighty." [c. 1600]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

carry weight

COMMON If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people. Not only do men talk more, but what they say often carries more weight. El Tiempo is Colombia's leading newspaper and its opinions carry considerable weight in the country.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

carry weight

be influential or important.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

carry ˈweight

be important or able to influence somebody: His opinions carry very little weight with his manager.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

carry (an amount of) weight

tv. to have a degree of influence. Tom carries a lot of weight with the mayor. Ask him.
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carry weight

verb
See carry an amount of weight
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • carry an amount of weight
  • carry weight
  • carry weight with (someone or something)
  • throw (one's) weight behind (someone or something)
  • throw your weight behind someone
  • throw your weight behind something
  • a pep talk
  • shotty
  • shotty back
  • in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king