/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Carry Weight (To)
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in races, etc., means to equalise the weight of two or more riders by adding weights to the lighter ones, till both (or all) the riders are made of one uniform weight.
“He carries weight! he rides a race!
ʹTis for a thousand pounds.”
Cowper: John Gilpin.
To carry weight. To have influence.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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