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weighed up

weighed up is the simple past and past participle of weigh up.

Meaning of weigh up

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?

Questions about weighed up

What is weighed up the simple past and past participle of?
Weighed up is the simple past and past participle of weigh up.

Words near weighed up in the dictionary

  1. weighed in the balance
  2. weighed off
  3. weighed on
  4. weighed one's words
  5. weighed out
  6. weighed up
  7. Weighell
  8. Weighells
  9. weigher
  10. weighers
  11. weighership

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