Meanings
verbtip the balance (third-person singular simple present tips the balance, present participle tipping the balance, simple past and past participle tipped the balance)
present singular third person tips the balance · participle present tipping the balance · participle past tipped the balance · past tipped the balance
- Synonym of tip the scales.
Synonyms: tip the scales
Synonyms & antonyms
verbSynonym of tip the scales.
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tip the balance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tip%20the%20balance
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“tip the balance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tip%20the%20balance. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tip the balance,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tip%20the%20balance.
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