"weigh one's words" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "weighs one's words",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighing one's words",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed one's words",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed one's words",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To think carefully about what one will say."
      ],
      "id": "en-weigh_one's_words-en-verb--pz729ph",
      "links": [
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To think carefully about what one will say."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mince words"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "punnita sanansa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "peser ses mots"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pesare le parole"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "väga sina ord på guldvåg"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weigh one's words"
}

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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "weighing one's words",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed one's words",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weighed one's words",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mince words"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To think carefully about what one will say."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carefully",
          "carefully"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) To think carefully about what one will say."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "punnita sanansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "peser ses mots"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pesare le parole"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "väga sina ord på guldvåg"
    }
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