tip the scales

== English == === Alternative forms === tip the scale === Pronunciation === === Verb === tip the scales (third-person singular simple present tips the scales, present participle tipping the scales, simple past and past participle tipped the scales) (idiomatic) To turn to one side of a balanced situation. ==== Synonyms ==== turn the scale ==== Derived terms ==== tip the scales at ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== thumb on the scale