Bear the burden of having authority (5,6)

I believe the answer is:

carry weight

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'having authority' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'bear the burden' is the wordplay.
'bear' becomes 'carry' (bear can mean to carry).
'the burden' becomes 'weight' (I've seen this before).
'carry'+'weight'='CARRY WEIGHT'

'of' is the link.

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