[weigh in] {v.}
1a. To take the weight of; weigh.
* /The man at the airport counter weighed in our bags and took our plane tickets./* /A doctor weighed in the wrestlers./
1b. To have yourself or something that you own weighed. — Often used with "at".
* /I weighed in at 100 pounds on the scale today./* /We took our bags to the airport counter to weigh in./
1c. To have yourself weighed as a boxer or wrestler by a doctor before a match. — Often used with "at".
* /The champion didn't want to weigh in at more than 160 pounds./
2. {slang} To join or interfere in a fight, argument, or discussion.
* /We told Jack that if we wanted him to weigh in with his opinion we would ask him./
Compare: TAKE PART.
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