carry weight

• Être important, influent ou avoir du poids dans une situation donnée ou un processus de décision.

To be important, influential, or have significance in a particular situation or decision-making process.

1. Be important or influentialB2informal

   To have influence, importance, or authority in a particular situation.

   avoir du poids

   • His opinion carries weight in the boardroom.
   • The evidence presented by the expert carried weight with the jury.
   • Her recommendations carry weight because of her experience.