carry weight

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carry weight - have influence to a specified degree; "Her opinion carries a lot of weight"

shape, determine, influence, regulate, mold - shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often determines ability"; "mold public opinion"

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She need be accustomed to such loads betimes thought, neighbor, for she will carry weight when you are dead.

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