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weigh in the balance

weigh in the balance verb: to ponder or evaluate; to assess the merits and demerits of.

Verb

weigh in the balance (third-person singular simple present weighs in the balance, present participle weighing in the balance, simple past and past participle weighed in the balance)

  1. To ponder or evaluate; to assess the merits and demerits of.
    • All these arguments must be weighed in the balance.

Forms of weigh in the balance

third-person singular presentweighs in the balance
present participleweighing in the balance
past participleweighed in the balance
pastweighed in the balance

Questions about weigh in the balance

What does weigh in the balance mean?
Weigh in the balance means to ponder or evaluate; to assess the merits and demerits of.
What part of speech is weigh in the balance?
Weigh in the balance is a verb.
What is the past tense of weigh in the balance?
The past tense of weigh in the balance is weighed in the balance.

Words near weigh in the balance in the dictionary

  1. weigh down
  2. weigh enough
  3. weigh house
  4. weigh houses
  5. weigh in
  6. weigh in the balance
  7. weigh off
  8. weigh on
  9. weigh one's words
  10. weigh out
  11. weigh station

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