carry weight

Brown stood down as MP in 2015 so will not get a vote but his voice still carries weight in the Labour Party.

With so much interest in the team and the profile of players and manager being so high, their opinions on important matters carry weight.

That could also mean walking faster, hiking on a trail or carrying weight.

“They also had outstandingly knowledgeable employees on the products they carried. The employees themselves were avid climbers, skiers — outdoors people — whose recommendations carried weight.”

“China’s word carries weight in Russia,” he said.