I gave him a clout on his nose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The industry's clout is more than financial, however. From Wordnik.com. [Nancy Chuda: As TSCA Collapses, Toxic Baby Fights Back (VIDEO)] Reference
The reason the NRA has clout is that it is monolithic and big. From Wordnik.com. [Why Businesses (Big and Small) Should Support Climate Action] Reference
Groups with a lot of members gain clout, but those groups also gain strife. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Groups Continued (Networking Part Four)] Reference
How she continues to possess any clout is beyond my level of comprehension. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton: 'This is nowhere near over'] Reference
I just hope he is not too much of a politician interested in clout himself. From Wordnik.com. [Return of the locusts (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
Now, as Putin's second term winds down, their clout is virtually unassailable. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Many of his original followers are now successful businessmen, and their political clout is increasing. From Wordnik.com. [The Show-Me Sheikh] Reference
Bloomberg News CALCULATED RISK: Garanti Bankasi will provide a gateway for BBVA to gain clout in Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [BBVA Lays Big Bet on Turkey] Reference
Is it really too much to grasp that much of an author's clout comes from the idea that their work is, in fact, theirs?. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Michelle Malkin: Blogging While Flying?] Reference
While its economic clout is no match for China's, the region is emerging as a source of sorely needed industrial demand. From Wordnik.com. [Companies Get Earnings Boost From Latin America] Reference
This barrio does not rank, has no clout, is economically not influential enough to rate that kind of service from the police. From Wordnik.com. [Your Wish List] Reference
Madden, 69, might be an announcer who can affect TV ratings — if any can — and such clout is most likely to show up during blowouts. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Madden will be ready for the call to the Hall] Reference
The only way the GOP will get back some clout is to purge their party of the folks that make them look bad, and the Dems are no different. From Wordnik.com. [Source: White House not looking for 'soft landing' for Paterson] Reference
Forgive the misuse of "clout" - I was rushing to get my thoughts out and, being at work, didn't have much time to articulate those fully. From Wordnik.com. [Did Jesus Claim To Be God?] Reference
Craig's humility about his clout is a little bit of a put on. From Wordnik.com. [AroundTheCapitol.com] Reference
It certainly would have the clout to do that, the financial clout, that is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2001] Reference
WASHINGTON - It's called clout and evidently Washington state still has some on Capitol Hill. From Wordnik.com. [The Olympian Online -- YahooNews] Reference
POPULIST SAVVYBut what really gives McCain his clout is his innate sense for populist grievances. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Mccain Remains Bush's Top Nemesis] Reference
These were employees who had skill sets that gave them a good deal of clout, which is always useful during organizing drives. From Wordnik.com. [The Overtime Thing. Again.] Reference
The Annenberg Study on Women in the Media and Telecommunications showed that women only held 3 percent of so-called clout jobs. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2002] Reference
No other country has nearly the kind of clout that she has. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa’s Support for Zimbabwe Seems to Wane - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
I'd still describe that as a kind of clout, but I see what you mean. From Wordnik.com. [Covers Gone Crazy] Reference
A title with that kind of clout has to be worth quite a bit of money. From Wordnik.com. [Meet the new Biblical Administrator for the Puget Sound and the Willamette Valley] Reference
I'm not sure if I know what you're getting at with the "clout" question. From Wordnik.com. [Did Jesus Claim To Be God?] Reference
HEMMER: Yes, what kind of clout do you think Bill Bradley holds right now?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2004] Reference
What she has more of from her years in the white house is bull and "clout"!. From Wordnik.com. [Rendell: 'Very unlikely' Clinton will win] Reference
This is one of the places where the "clout" of a deputy mayor can be useful. From Wordnik.com. [New York: The Road to Recovery] Reference
Frontline: What kind of clout does the accounting industry have on Capitol Hill?. From Wordnik.com. [Francine McKenna: Arthur Levitt Should Just Shut Up About AIG] Reference
BLITZER: Does he have that kind of clout in the party, though, to begin with, Jeff?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2008] Reference
Employers with this kind of clout can keep wages low just by refusing to raise them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
The job must have the "clout", to use a technical political term, to get things rolling. From Wordnik.com. [New York: The Road to Recovery] Reference
Does it have the kind of clout today that The New Republic did back in Henry Wallace's time?. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election] Reference
The two people with the most 'clout' to convince her to stop are Bill Clinton and Ed Rendell. From Wordnik.com. [Rendell: An Obama-Hillary Ticket Would Be Great, Too] Reference
I'm just not sure he's got that kind of clout in the present, turbulent GOP electoral climate. From Wordnik.com. [Dobson Refuses To Cave For McCain, Endorsing Huckabee Instead] Reference
The plain fact is that the EU is a long way from wielding the kind of clout that the protesters ascribe to it. From Wordnik.com. [Time To Put Up Or Shut Up] Reference
Now the question in the capital is whether he can regain the kind of clout at home that presidents command in crises abroad. From Wordnik.com. [Playing From The Rough] Reference
"Rahm won't have that kind of clout," Pacyga said. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Not to mention having that kind of clout and credibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Even so called people with 'clout' in Little Italy haven't been able to rally the troops. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
And what "clout" do they need for a conference of them to do attempt a more accurate translation. From Wordnik.com. [Lincoln vs Cadillac] Reference
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