Throw/put your weight behind something In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "throw/put your weight behind something", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Joy Dieu calendar 2021-06-18 07:06

Meaning of Throw/put your weight behind something

Throw/put your weight behind something verb phrase

To support someone or something by using your influence or power

The government has thrown its weight behind the environment campaign

We had a collaboration with a famous enterprise, and they threw their weight behind this advertising campaign.

Her father, a famous lawyer, put his weight behind her, so she got the job without interview.

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ask someone for something like money.

Grammar and Usage of Throw/put your weight behind something

Verb Forms

  • throws your weight behind something
  • puts your weight behind something
  • threw your weight behind something
  • throwing your weight behind something
  • putting your weight behind something

The verb "throw" or "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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the straw that broke the donkey's back

Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail

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Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him

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