Usually means: Influence outcome in decisive way.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. tip the scales: Merriam-Webster
  2. tip the scales, tip the scales: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tip the scales: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tip the scales: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. tip the scales: Wiktionary
  6. tip the scales: Dictionary.com
  7. tip the scales: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tip the scales: Legal dictionary
  2. tip the scales: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tip the scales: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tip the scales: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tip the scales: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (tip the scales)

verb:  (idiomatic) To turn to one side of a balanced situation.

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