The phrase "add clout to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the act of increasing influence, power, or credibility in a particular context.
Example: "The new partnership will add clout to our brand, making it more appealing to potential customers."
Alternatives: "enhance the influence of" or "boost the credibility of".
First, it will add clout to an elite of insiders whose record is mediocre.
"The new B.M.I. charts will give us a better way to explain how these children are overweight to their parents and add clout to our prescriptions for better diets and increased physical activity".
Washington typically turns to Wall Street to add clout to its message, analysts said.
Indeed, Nest has already filed a counter-claim against Honeywell, and these patent agreements could add clout to that.
Turkey tripled the percentage of its GDP spent on R&D in a little over a decade, and the number of researchers in the country increased by 43%, a finding that may add clout to its long-pending bid to join the European Union.
But it also gave significantly added clout to its leaders that would have a huge impact on Princeton in the next tumultuous decade.
The government counts inmates as residents of their prison's town, adding clout to upstate communities and taking it away from cities competing for government services.
What adds clout to this declaration is that the president is William J. Flynn, the chairman of the Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, a key participant in brokering cease-fires among paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland -- and the parade's grand marshal in 1994.
Funky sax riffs added clout to her album debut, Stalking Juliet, but her singing moved between a punkish ferocity or rap-like grooving, a little Tom Waits or Dylan-esque abrasiveness, and moments when she sounded like a bluegrass artist crossed with Edith Piaf.
POWER9 is still in the relatively early phases of deployment, and this high-profile (and highly-impressive) use case could give IBM some added clout to entice clients with.
The case could also add legal clout to the asylum applications of Gypsies going to Britain claiming racial discrimination, he added.
