tip the scales at (something)

tip the scales at (something)

To weigh a certain amount. That fish you caught today tipped the scales at 21 pounds! I knew I needed to lose weight once I tipped the scales at 200 pounds.

See also: Scales, tip

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tip the scales at something

to weigh a particular weight. Albert tips the scales at nearly 200 pounds. The champ weighed in and tipped the scales at 180.

See also: Scales, tip

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

tip (or turn) the scales at

have a weight of a specified amount.

See also: Scales, tip

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tip the scales at something

weigh a particular amount: He tipped the scales at just over 80 kilos.

See also: Scales, something, tip

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