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weighing up

weighing up is the present participle and gerund 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 weighing up

What is weighing up the present participle and gerund of?
Weighing up is the present participle and gerund of weigh up.

Words near weighing up in the dictionary

  1. weighing off
  2. weighing on
  3. weighing one's words
  4. weighing out
  5. weighing scales
  6. weighing up
  7. weighing-in
  8. weighing-ins
  9. weighings
  10. weighlock
  11. weighlocks

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