weighing in
Adding one's perspective
Weighing in is the act of being weighed, typically before a boxing match or other competition with weight classes, where fighters must meet specific limits.
The phrase extends to offering an opinion or contributing to a discussion: Several experts weighed in on the controversy.
When someone weighs in at a particular number, that's their measured weight.
The figurative sense of joining a debate has become the more common usage in everyday speech.
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- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- thoughtsMental reflections
two cents · take · commentary · feedback · insight · voice · position · argument
Measure of relative size
pound · ton · balance · calibration · precision · reading · body weight · measurement
Reasoned case or dispute
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- discussionExchange of ideas
deliberation · discourse · dialogue · dispute · reasoning · rationale · point · objection
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Data received for processing
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- viewpointWay of seeing things
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
thoughts · two cents · take · commentary · feedback · insight · voice · position · argument · view
scale
Measure of relative size
ounce · pound · ton · balance · calibration · precision · reading · body weight · measurement · heft
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
discussion · deliberation · discourse · dialogue · dispute · reasoning · rationale · point · objection · challenge
sway
Rock back and forth
- cloutInformal power or punch
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- impactForceful contact or consequence
pressure · lobbying · persuasion · authority · power · pull · steering · shaping · advocacy · endorsement
weighing inkeeping quiet
Remaining silent
saying nothing · biting one's tongue · keeping mum · keeping one's counsel · clamming up
weighing insitting out
Declining to participate
keeping out · standing aside · abstaining · withdrawing · disengaging
weighing instaying neutral
sitting on the fence · fence-sitting · letting it go · hedging · equivocating
weigh, overweight, weighed, weighing, weighs, weights, weightless, counterweight, underweight