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weigh up

weigh up verb: to assess a person or a situation.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To assess a person or a situation.
    • She looked at him carefully, trying to weigh him up. Was he really telling the truth?

weigh up meaning in Urdu

weigh up in Urdu

جانچنا, پرکھنا

Forms of weigh up

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

Questions about weigh up

What does weigh up mean?
Weigh up means to assess a person or a situation.
What is weigh up in Urdu?
Weigh up in Urdu is جانچنا, پرکھنا. See Weigh up meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is weigh up?
Weigh up is a verb.
What is the past tense of weigh up?
The past tense of weigh up is weighed up.

Words near weigh up in the dictionary

  1. weigh on
  2. weigh one's words
  3. weigh out
  4. weigh station
  5. weigh stations
  6. weigh up
  7. weigh'd
  8. weigh-in
  9. weigh-ins
  10. weighable
  11. weighage

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