Phrasal Verb: Weigh Up

to consider options

Examples

• Weigh up the pros and cons.

Key rules

• Weigh up means consider the advantages and disadvantages before deciding
• It is separable: weigh up the options or weigh the options up
• With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: weigh them up
• It is often used with "pros and cons"

Common mistakes

• Weigh up them → Weigh them up