Region: General | Usage example: Don't throw your weight around—you are still new to the company.

Throw your weight around

Meaning

Use authority aggressively or boastfully.

Used to scold domineering behavior.

Origin notes can vary by region and source; this page gives the commonly reported explanation and usage context.

Physical metaphor for using body weight to push others.

Appears in 20th-century social criticism about bullying leaders.