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tips the scales

tips the scales is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the scales.

Meaning of tip the scales

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To turn to one side of a balanced situation.
    • "But an uprising in the central provinces would tip the scales for us!" exclaimed Conan.1935-1936, Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon
    Synonyms:
    turn the scale

Questions about tips the scales

What is tips the scales the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tips the scales is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tip the scales.

Words near tips the scales in the dictionary

  1. tips the balance
  2. tips the daddle
  3. tips the double
  4. tips the gaff
  5. tips the scale
  6. tips the scales
  7. tips the wink
  8. tips up
  9. TIPSes
  10. tipsheet
  11. tipsheets

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