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weighs up

weighs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 weighs up

What is weighs up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Weighs up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of weigh up.

Words near weighs up in the dictionary

  1. weighs in the balance
  2. weighs off
  3. weighs on
  4. weighs one's words
  5. weighs out
  6. weighs up
  7. weight
  8. weight bar
  9. weight bars
  10. weight bear
  11. weight bearing

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