throwing weight around

“You can’t be grunting and groaning and throwing weight around.”

"You can't be grunting and groaning and throwing weight around."

They believe that there is some special magic, some quick springboard to success; they mistakenly think that it can be won by bootlicking, apple-polishing, yessing higher authority, playing office politics, throwing weight around, ducking the issues, striving for cheap popularity, courting publicity or seeking any and all means of grabbing the spotlight.

No favoritism; no throwing weight around; no glory-grabbing.