tip the scale (English, verb)
expansion: tip the scale (third-person singular simple present tips the scale, present participle tipping the scale, simple past and past participle tipped the scale)
Senses:
glosses: To change the fortunes, either positively or negatively.
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
glosses: To weigh (have a certain weight).
tags: idiomatic
intransitive
raw_tags: used with "at"
Forms:
form: tips the scale
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tipping the scale
tags: participle
present
form: tipped the scale
tags: participle
past
form: tipped the scale
tags: past
form: tip the scales
tags: alternative