"tip the balance" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tips the balance [present, singular, third-person], tipping the balance [participle, present], tipped the balance [participle, past], tipped the balance [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tip the balance (third-person singular simple present tips the balance, present participle tipping the balance, simple past and past participle tipped the balance)
  1. Synonym of tip the scales Synonyms: tip the scales [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-tip_the_balance-en-verb-9pYZnnGv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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