throw your weight behind someone
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throw your weight behind someone — throw your weight behind (someone/something) to use your influence to support someone or something. A number of top performers have thrown their weight behind a live concert to fight hunger around the world … New idioms dictionary
throw your weight behind someone — throw your weight behind (something/someone) to use your power and influence to support something or someone. If we could persuade the chairman to throw his weight behind the plan, it would have a much better chance of success … New idioms dictionary
throw your weight behind something — throw your weight behind someone/something/ phrase to use your power to support a plan or a project The minister has thrown his weight behind the campaign. Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym Main entry: throw … Useful english dictionary
throw your weight behind something — throw your weight behind (someone/something) to use your influence to support someone or something. A number of top performers have thrown their weight behind a live concert to fight hunger around the world … New idioms dictionary
throw your weight behind — (someone/something) to use your influence to support someone or something. A number of top performers have thrown their weight behind a live concert to fight hunger around the world … New idioms dictionary
throw your weight behind something — throw your weight behind (something/someone) to use your power and influence to support something or someone. If we could persuade the chairman to throw his weight behind the plan, it would have a much better chance of success … New idioms dictionary
throw your weight behind — (something/someone) to use your power and influence to support something or someone. If we could persuade the chairman to throw his weight behind the plan, it would have a much better chance of success … New idioms dictionary
throw — I UK [θrəʊ] / US [θroʊ] verb Word forms throw : present tense I/you/we/they throw he/she/it throws present participle throwing past tense threw UK [θruː] / US [θru] past participle thrown UK [θrəʊn] / US [θroʊn] *** 1) [intransitive/transitive]… … English dictionary
throw — throw1 [ θrou ] (past tense threw [ θru ] ; past participle thrown [ θroun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 send object through air ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 move (someone/something) suddenly ▸ 4 be forced to go to place ▸ 5 look etc. in direction ▸ 6… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
throw — throw1 W1S1 [θrəu US θrou] v past tense threw [θru:] past participle thrown [θrəun US θroun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(throw a ball/stone etc)¦ 2¦(put something carelessly)¦ 3¦(push roughly/violently)¦ 4¦(make somebody fall)¦ 5¦(move hands/head etc)¦ 6¦(confuse … Dictionary of contemporary English
