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- Mr. Pierce weighed in with a warning that many companies would not be able to meet the deadline.
- One angry woman weighed in to remind us that a lot of what we'd read was not true.
- She weighed in with some pertinent facts.
weigh in: to offer an opinion in a discussion or argument.
weigh in: (Slang) To make a forceful statement in a discussion:
2. Posted by R. Berg on March 22, 2001: 《In Reply to: Re: 'Weigh in' posted by Bruce Kahl on March 22, 2001》
- What exactly does the two-word phrase 'weigh in' mean? I rarely if ever hear people use it in speech, but I'm thinking numerous times when I've read something like 'That was about the point in the discussion when Fred Jones decided to weigh in.' Thanks. - Patty
- I always thought the phrase was derived from the sport of boxing. About a week or so before a boxing match the 2 contenders are officially weighed to insure each one of them is still within range of weight parameters as set by the various boxing accociations.
So if contender Mr.A claims he is a lightweight then he is actually put on a scale to make sure he is indeed in that weight class and the same goes for contender Mr. B.
So it seems that when Fred Jones 'weighs in' with an opinion on something, he is officially presenting himself to be noticed and verified."
cf. weigh: If you weigh the facts about a situation, you consider them very carefully before you make a decision, especially by comparing the various facts involved.
- He is weighing the possibility of filing criminal charges against the doctor.
- She spoke very slowly, weighing what she would say. (= consider)
...Cobuild
3. weigh in (at something): Fig. to present oneself at a certain weight. (Usually said of boxers.)
- The fighter weighed in at over two hundred pounds.
- The contenders weighed in yesterday.
... McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
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