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carries weight

carries weight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry weight.

Meaning of carry weight

Verb

carry weight (third-person singular simple present carries weight, present participle carrying weight, simple past and past participle carried weight)

  1. To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.
  2. To have influence.
    • Your excuses don't carry weight with me.

Questions about carries weight

What is carries weight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carries weight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry weight.

Words near carries weight in the dictionary

  1. carries the torch
  2. carries the world before one
  3. carries through
  4. carries up
  5. carries water for
  6. carries weight
  7. carriest
  8. carrieth
  9. Carrieton
  10. Carrig
  11. Carrigaline

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