Weigh up meaning
Weigh up is a phrasal verb that means to carefully consider a situation's advantages and disadvantages before reaching a decision.
- Past simple
- weighed up
- Past participle
- weighed up
- -ing form
- weighing up
What weigh up means
consider before decidingB2
To carefully consider a situation's advantages and disadvantages before reaching a decision
We need time to weigh up the risks before accepting the offer.
Similar phrasal verbs
With weigh: weigh in, weigh down.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does weigh up mean?
To carefully consider a situation's advantages and disadvantages before reaching a decision.
What is the past tense of weigh up?
Weighed up, which is also its past participle.
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