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tip the balance

tip the balance verb: synonym of tip the scales.

Verb

tip the balance (third-person singular simple present tips the balance, present participle tipping the balance, simple past and past participle tipped the balance)

  1. Synonym of tip the scales.
    Synonyms:
    tip the scales

Synonyms of tip the balance

Forms of tip the balance

third-person singular presenttips the balance
present participletipping the balance
past participletipped the balance
pasttipped the balance

Questions about tip the balance

What does tip the balance mean?
Tip the balance means synonym of tip the scales.
What part of speech is tip the balance?
Tip the balance is a verb.
What is the past tense of tip the balance?
The past tense of tip the balance is tipped the balance.

Words near tip the balance in the dictionary

  1. tip sheet
  2. tip sheets
  3. tip shop
  4. tip shops
  5. tip someone's velvet
  6. tip the balance
  7. tip the can
  8. tip the daddle
  9. tip the double
  10. tip the gaff
  11. tip the scale

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