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weigh one's words

weigh one's words verb: to think carefully about what one will say.

Verb

weigh one's words (third-person singular simple present weighs one's words, present participle weighing one's words, simple past and past participle weighed one's words)

  1. (figuratively) To think carefully about what one will say.

Forms of weigh one's words

third-person singular presentweighs one's words
present participleweighing one's words
past participleweighed one's words
pastweighed one's words

Questions about weigh one's words

What does weigh one's words mean?
Weigh one's words means to think carefully about what one will say.
What part of speech is weigh one's words?
Weigh one's words is a verb.
What is the past tense of weigh one's words?
The past tense of weigh one's words is weighed one's words.

Words near weigh one's words in the dictionary

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

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