turn the scale

Idioms  

1. see tip the balance.

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Example Sentences

Weightless, they turn the scale when the argument is: What happened here?

From Time • Nov. 29, 2

I must not think too much of this, or I may be tempted; a good cause might turn the scale with me, for may not I too be of an exceptional brain, congenitally?

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

To be able to say of a vexed question, "Gano agrees with me," was to turn the scale at once in the speaker's favor.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Robins, Elizabeth

But this was not sufficient to turn the scale.

From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

His subjects begged their king to stand firm; they reminded him of his oath to guard his kingdom to the last; a raid on the enemy might yet turn the scale.

From Great Englishwomen An Historical Reading Book for Schools by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)