carry weight

idiom

: to be important or meaningful especially in influencing others

He was considered a man of solid judgment, and his opinion upon all matters, private and public, carried weight.

—Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Her opinion carries a lot of weight with us, and we often seek out her advice before making any important decision.

Your promises would carry more weight [=be more meaningful] if you didn't break them so often.

Examples of carry weight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And her words carried weight for me because they were delivered directly to survivors in this moment of both national and personal crisis. —Belinda Luscombe, Time, 22 July 2025

High-level communication between the U.S. and Russia carries weight for American diplomatic and security policy, given Moscow's influence in Iran and its direct involvement in the ongoing Ukraine conflict. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025

Even the pauses — the spaces between chords, between phrases — carry weight. —arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025

Despite the optics, Kang has emphasized to fans and players that the Spirit was her first investment in sports, which carries weight. —Emily Olsen, New York Times, 7 June 2025

Rhymes for carry weight

• abdicate
• abrogate
• acetate
• activate
• actuate
• adsorbate
• aggravate
• agitate
• alginate
• alienate
• allocate
• amputate