"faire pencher la balance" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [French]

IPA: /fɛʁ pɑ̃.ʃe la ba.lɑ̃s/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire pencher la balance.wav
Head templates: {{fr-verb}} faire pencher la balance
  1. (figuratively) to tip the scales (to turn to one side a balanced situation) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-faire_pencher_la_balance-fr-verb-rel5dLVl Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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