tip the scales at in English

Forms: tips the scales at [present, singular, third-person], tipping the scales at [participle, present], tipped the scales at [participle, past], tipped the scales at [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=tip the scales at}} tip the scales at (third-person singular simple present tips the scales at, present participle tipping the scales at, simple past and past participle tipped the scales at)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tips the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tipping the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tipped the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tipped the scales at",
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    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tips the scales at 221 pounds."
        },
        {
          "text": "He tipped the scales at 221 pounds at the weigh-in two days before the fight."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To weigh in at; to weigh."
      ],
      "id": "en-tip_the_scales_at-en-verb-QEaPhurt",
      "links": [
        [
          "weigh in",
          "weigh in"
        ],
        [
          "weigh",
          "weigh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To weigh in at; to weigh."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tip the scales at"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tips the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tipping the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tipped the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tipped the scales at",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "*",
        "head": "tip the scales at"
      },
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He tips the scales at 221 pounds."
        },
        {
          "text": "He tipped the scales at 221 pounds at the weigh-in two days before the fight."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To weigh in at; to weigh."
      ],
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          "weigh in",
          "weigh in"
        ],
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          "weigh"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To weigh in at; to weigh."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tip the scales at"
}

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"tip the scales at" meaning in English

Verb