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Phrase(s): weigh against someone or something
Fig. to count against someone or something; [for some fact] to work against someone or something. • I hope my many absences do not weigh against me on the final grade. • This will weigh against you., Phrase(s): weigh something against something
to ponder something by balancing it against something. • I weighed going to town against staying here and sleeping and I decided to stay here. • When I weigh your suggestion against my own ideas, I realize that I must follow my own conscience.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs