weigh in
See also: weigh-in
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Verb
weigh in (third-person singular simple present weighs in, present participle weighing in, simple past and past participle weighed in)
- (intransitive with an indication of weight) To undergo a weigh-in.
- Two days before the fight, the boxers weigh in with reporters watching.
- His trailer weighed in lighter than it should have. He might have a leak.
- (transitive) To subject to a weigh-in.
- They had to weigh him in at the loading dock.
- They weighed every third truck in to check for overweight violations.
- (intransitive, with "at") To weigh.
- He weighs in at upwards of 250 pounds.
- 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Very Light Rail demonstrator offers reopening hopes”, in RAIL, number 942, page 18:
- Weighing in at just 24.8 tonnes and with seating for up to 56 passengers, the demonstrator vehicle has a mass that is an estimated 40% lower than a single-car self-powered heavy rail vehicle of a similar capacity, such as a Class 153.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To bring in one's weight, metaphorically speaking, to bear on an issue; frequently construed with on or with.
- Everyone wanted to weigh in on what kind of car he should buy.
- Everyone spoke freely, until the boss weighed in.
- 1990, Bryan Burrough; John Helyar, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, HarperCollins, published 2003, →ISBN, page 322:
- Having more or less approved Drexel [Burnham Lambert]'s selection earlier, he [Peter Cohen, CEO of Shearson] now weighed in with what seemed a halfhearted endorsement of [Thomas] Strauss's [CEO of Salomon Brothers] stance.
- 2013, Mike Myatt, "8 Tips For Leading Those Who Don’t Want to Follow", Forbes On-line Blogs, Jan. 7 2013, :
- It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in.
- 2022 May 17, Tiffany Hsu, “All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last year, did not respond to requests to weigh in.
Translations
idiomatic: to bring in one's weight, to bear on an issue
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