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weigh on

weigh on verb: to cause distress to or impose a burden on; to trouble.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively) To cause distress to or impose a burden on; to trouble.
    • She had got rid of two of the secrets which had weighed on her for a fortnight, and was certain of a willing listener in Jane, [...]1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 206
    • The Crimean war weighed on him like a nightmare.1856, Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet

Forms of weigh on

third-person singular presentweighs on
present participleweighing on
past participleweighed on
pastweighed on

Questions about weigh on

What does weigh on mean?
Weigh on means to cause distress to or impose a burden on; to trouble.
What part of speech is weigh on?
Weigh on is a verb.
What is the past tense of weigh on?
The past tense of weigh on is weighed on.

Words near weigh on in the dictionary

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

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