weigh one's words

English

Verb

weigh one's words (third-person singular simple present weighs one's words, present participle weighing one's words, simple past and past participle weighed one's words)

1. (figuratively) To think carefully about what one will say.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: punnita sanansa
• French: peser ses mots (fr)
• Italian: pesare le parole
• Swedish: väga sina ord på guldvåg

See also

• mince words

Further reading

• “weigh your words” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “weigh your words” (US) / “weigh your words” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “weigh one's words”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “weigh your words”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “weigh one's words”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.