throw your weight around

throw your weight around
throw your weight about/around/informal phrase
to use your authority to tell other people what to do in a rude and unpleasant way

The boss came in, yelling and generally throwing his weight around.

Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym
Main entry: throw

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throw your ˈweight about/around idiom
(informal) to use your position of authority or power in an aggressive way in order to achieve what you want

She was a good manager, who didn't find it necessary to throw her weight around.

Main entry:weightidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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