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clout Noun

— Clout is control or power over other people. The president of the United States has a lot of clout. — A clout is a hard hit, usually with your hand. She gave him two sharp clouts on the ear.

clout

— verb strike hard, especially with the fist He clouted his attacker — noun a target used in archery — noun (= pull) special advantage or influence the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull — noun (= clout nail) a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood — noun (boxing) a blow with the fist I gave him a clout on his nose

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clout English » English

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Person Healthy

Injure

Conjugation clout conjugation

How do you conjugate clout?

clout · verb

Examples clout examples

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Simple sentences

My father has a lot of clout at city hall.

Movie subtitles

I got a face men like to clout.
I'll give him a clout with the frying pan.
Itokawa used his clout as a prosecutor.
Clout him over the head with the hilts of thy weapon. and then chop him in the malmsey butt in the next room.
If I weren't a Quaker and a man of peace. I'd fetch thee clout on the side of thy head, my lad, just to make sure.
Why didn't you give him a clout in the nose?
I'll clout you one of these days!
I'll give you a clout across the earhole!
But who, o, who had seen the mobled queen. Run barefoot up and down, threat'ning the flames with bisson rheum, a clout upon that head where late the diadem stood, and for a robe about her lank and all over-teemed loins, a blanket.
The kidney punch and the rabbit clout.
It's a clout. You like?
When masters fall out, their men get the clout.
Look, Pat, you saved my life. and I'm sorry I had to clout you.
Want me to give you another clout?
Whatever the case, it appears that all of them wield a significant amount of social clout.
He's got lots of clout.
Do you have the necessary clout and authority over that giant doorman to get me onto the lot?
Student Lulek wants to fall into clutches, of a lad who in despair may clout him slightly across the head.
I can remember a time when all you'd have done for a clout like that was scratch it.
Run barefoot up and down, threat'ning the flames with bisson rheum, a clout upon that head where late the diadem stood, and for a robe about her lank and all over-teemed loins, a blanket.
The kidney punch and the rabbit- clout and the size twelve boot ankle- tap.
As the saying goes: When masters fall out, their men get the clout.
Well, that's very kind, Hedley, except it got you a clout on the head and almost got you killed.
Now you know damn well the first time you turn your back I'm gonna clout you over the head and run off.
One hallucination flattened me with a clout on the jaw.
Don't get the idea you have any clout.
Maybe we're overstating Beale's clout with the public.
Want a clout?
They have to stay so other people. can clout them on the head. because we're not Polish enough. and not German enough. and they want everything just right!
I'm not without clout, whichever way you read me.
All he needs is somebody with a little clout to open some doors.
Quite a clout, but maybe too little too late.
Shall I clout him on the jaw, sir?
The Hosaka has the most clout worldwide Maas is the most ruthless.

News and current affairs

Though the US had disproportionate economic clout, its room for political and military maneuver was constrained by Soviet power.
And the US cannot reach an accord with Pakistan without India's consent, which America would be unable to force, especially given that it relies on India to counterbalance China's growing clout in Asia.
Japan recognized the link between political clout and science in the 1980's.
When it came to Austria, however, there was a feeling that since this was not a military, but a purely political and moral situation, Brussels - and the Continent-wide political clout signified by it - would be able to prove efficient.
I hope to see Korea assume more responsibility in the world, commensurate with its growing economic clout - especially in the area of development, one of the three pillars of the UN Charter.
Nonetheless, almost two decades of economic stagnation have eroded Japan's regional clout.
NEW DELHI - In recent years, the People's Liberation Army has been taking advantage of its rising political clout to provoke localized skirmishes and standoffs with India by breaching the two countries' long and disputed Himalayan frontier.
This has created a degree of dependency that should be redressed, if only to relieve the Americans of their burden and give Europe the political influence to match its economic clout.
Meanwhile, donors' sheer clout dilutes the accountability of developing countries' officials and elected representatives to their own people.
With rising economic power has come growing geopolitical clout.
The PLA's growing political clout has been manifest in the sharpening power struggle within the Party.
With China's growing economic clout, rising standard of living, and increasingly respected place in the world, one would hope that the Chinese and their leaders would find a way to let go of the dead.
The government erected trade barriers and adopted other measures to protect China's agriculture, but this reflects its concern for factory workers, not-as in the US and Europe-farmers' political clout.
Meaty diets have created a global obesity problem, including, of all places, in China, whose expanding international clout is accompanied by expanding waistlines at home.
And the more widespread this becomes, the more women will seek a political role that reflects their economic clout.
Asia's new clout holds tremendous promise.
Britain joined America's Iraq adventure with the same inflated perceptions of its military capacity and diplomatic clout that trapped Bush.
The EU's inefficiencies, coupled with changes in the international priorities of some of its member states, have led to a decline in the Union's political clout.
BERKELEY - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's forthcoming trip to India, following hard on the heels of President Barack Obama's recent visit, will provide another opportunity for the media to gush about the growing global economic clout of China and India.

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