"weigh a ton" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: weighs a ton [present, singular, third-person], weighing a ton [participle, present], weighed a ton [participle, past], weighed a ton [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} weigh a ton (third-person singular simple present weighs a ton, present participle weighing a ton, simple past and past participle weighed a ton)
  1. (informal, figuratively) To be very heavy. Tags: figuratively, informal Translations (Translations): loodzwaar zijn (Dutch), een ton wegen (Dutch), painaa kuin synti (Finnish), peser un âne mort (French), peser une tonne (French), ważyć dużo [imperfective] (Polish)
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