weigh up
(tr, adverb) to make an assessment of (a person, situation, etc); judge
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How to use weigh up in a sentence
When it falls unconscious, a ground crew drags the beast—which can weigh up to 5,000 lbs—into a net strapped to the chopper.
It is advice to sift, pore over, and weigh up, with a view to us deciding for ourselves.
John Sutherland‘s Enjoyable Little History of Literature | Malcolm Forbes | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the determination of silver in nearly pure bullion the following process is used:—weigh up 1.5054 gram of the alloy.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerFor the standard, weigh up 0.5 gram of copper, more or less, according to the quantity judged to be present in the assay.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer"There's ten thousand dollars if there's an ounce," said the Company's man, and the weigh-up proved he was right.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
weigh up 1.7 gram of the substance and place it in the flask.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob BeringerTo standardise the solution, weigh up 0.25 gram of pure iodine in a small beaker.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
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