Throw your Weight Around
What it means
Use your authority more forcefully than the situation needs, mainly to remind people you have it.
Where it comes from
Weight has meant influence in English for centuries, as in a weighty argument or carrying weight. Throwing it around adds the sense of bulk being used badly, like someone shoving through a crowd.
The puzzle it came from
Throw your Weight Around was the answer to the Phrasicle of August 4, 2025. The clue read ____ your ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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drop
dead
weight
room
service
child
care
free
throw
pillow
over
hang
around
town
hall
minced
garlic
bread
knife
point
Phrasicle: Throw your Weight Around