Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is throw one’s weight behind and its meaning is “to use one’s power (influence) to support someone/something”.
Example Sentence: “The whole world faced a test for the age,” Joe Biden said in Warsaw this week. “The world would not look the other way.” The west rightly threw its weight behind Ukraine. Mr Putin did not expect the full scale of sanctions to hit Russia, nor the breadth of condemnation. On Thursday, the UN general assembly was expected to pass another resolution demanding Russia’s unconditional withdrawal by an overwhelming majority.
This phrase is present in The Guardian view on war in Ukraine: reshaping the world and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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