weigh in

See also: weigh-in

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Verb

weigh in (third-person singular simple present weighs in, present participle weighing in, simple past and past participle weighed in)

1. (intransitive with an indication of weight) To undergo a weigh-in.

   Two days before the fight, the boxers weigh in with reporters watching.

   His trailer weighed in lighter than it should have. He might have a leak.

2. (transitive) To subject to a weigh-in.

   They had to weigh him in at the loading dock.

   They weighed every third truck in to check for overweight violations.

3. (intransitive, with "at") To weigh.

   He weighs in at upwards of 250 pounds.

   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Very Light Rail demonstrator offers reopening hopes”, in RAIL, number 942, page 18:

     Weighing in at just 24.8 tonnes and with seating for up to 56 passengers, the demonstrator vehicle has a mass that is an estimated 40% lower than a single-car self-powered heavy rail vehicle of a similar capacity, such as a Class 153.

4. (intransitive, idiomatic) To bring in one's weight, metaphorically speaking, to bear on an issue; frequently construed with on or with.

   Everyone wanted to weigh in on what kind of car he should buy.

   Everyone spoke freely, until the boss weighed in.

   • 1990, Bryan Burrough, John Helyar, Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco, HarperCollins, published 2003, →ISBN, page 322:

     Having more or less approved Drexel [Burnham Lambert]'s selection earlier, he [Peter Cohen, CEO of Shearson] now weighed in with what seemed a halfhearted endorsement of [Thomas] Strauss's [CEO of Salomon Brothers] stance.

   • 2013, Mike Myatt, "8 Tips For Leading Those Who Don’t Want to Follow", Forbes On-line Blogs, Jan. 7 2013, [1]:

     It is absolutely essential to understand other’s motivations prior to weighing in.

   • 2022 May 17, Tiffany Hsu, “All Those Celebrities Pushing Crypto Are Not So Vocal Now”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Matt Damon, who compared the advent of virtual money to the development of aviation and spaceflight in a critically panned but widely seen Crypto.com ad last year, did not respond to requests to weigh in.

Translations

idiomatic: to bring in one's weight, to bear on an issue

• German: sich einschalten, sich einmischen, sein Zeug dazutun
• Hungarian: beszáll (hu), megszólal (hu), hallatja a hangját, beleszól (hu), belefolyik (hu), közbeszól (hu)