I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
economic
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Have they used their economic clout to exert control?
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At local level, control exerted by NGOs varies widely, depending on their philosophy, their economic clout , and individual personalities.
financial
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It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.
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Always vulnerable because they lack financial clout , lower income families are an easy target.
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Then they didn't have enough financial clout to tempt Stuart Pearce from Nottingham Forest.
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Politicians in the centre worried that the extra financial clout of the provinces could encourage separatists.
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Arsenal are sure to monitor developments, but can obviously not match Seville's financial clout .
political
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The capacity to weather the storm is there provided the government has the political clout to do it.
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In response, the Guard is resorting to political clout to reverse the proposed reductions.
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The improvements that had taken place relied on the voluntary efforts of enthusiasts or political clout expended on particular initiatives.
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After years of fiscal gloom, they hope Brown will bring his political clout to the corporate realm.
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It was Mellor's political clout , rather than his pale and interesting physique, which became 31-year-old Antonia's aphrodisiac.
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Successful experiments all too often remain marginal, if they have no political clout .
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The political clout of the primary education sector in the struggle for resources is clearly limited.
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She used legal skills and political clout to keep the wayward thrift afloat.
■ VERB
carry
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You may not know him, but he carries considerable clout .
give
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Lendoiro secured a loan to wipe out the club's debts and give the club some clout in the transfer market.
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Sometimes we had nothing to say, love had given us such a clout .
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I gave her a clout and shoved her over to the big door and went and got back in the car.
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And the know-how side is given the real clout when it comes to authority.
use
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Have they used their economic clout to exert control?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Doctors have considerably more political clout than teachers.
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The banks do not carry quite as much clout as they used to.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But it has no legal clout on such issues as quality of care.
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For all its clout in Washington, no member of the Gallo family has ever gotten that close to the Oval Office.
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For Ure, however, special expertise is less important than the essentials of contact and clout .
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How much clout does Cohen wield?
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Poets, of course, seldom had that kind of clout .
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So Menotti spelt clout - and credit.
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That when people get clout this is how they use it.
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This tactic of reference combines an admired or revered position with an effective individual to increase a less powerful person's clout .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Mitchell has clouted 109 home runs in the last 3 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Dawn Run was back alongside by the next fence only to suffer another reverse when clouting the fifth from home.
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Quigley clouted me smartly across the side of the head.