weigh in on

Meaning

To give your opinion, advice, or feedback on a discussion, decision, or argument. It is commonly used in business meetings when asking for or offering expert input on a project, strategy, or plan.

Examples

• I’d like to ask our legal counsel to weigh in on this contract clause.

  I’d like to ask our legal counsel to weigh in on this contract clause.

• Before we make a final decision, the CEO wants to weigh in on the marketing budget.

  Before we make a final decision, the CEO wants to weigh in on the marketing budget.

• Several team members weighed in on the new product design during the brainstorming session.

  Several team members weighed in on the new product design during the brainstorming session.

• Feel free to weigh in on this email thread if you have any feedback on the proposal.

  Feel free to weigh in on this email thread if you have any feedback on the proposal.

• The financial analyst weighed in on the potential risks of the acquisition.

  The financial analyst weighed in on the potential risks of the acquisition.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to weigh on this decision.

  ✓ I want to weigh in on this decision.

  The preposition 'in' is required before 'on' to complete the phrasal verb meaning to contribute an opinion.

• ✗ She weighed in the project yesterday.

  ✓ She weighed in on the project yesterday.

  You must include 'on' to specify the topic or subject you are commenting on.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We need the engineering team to ___ the technical feasibility of this project.

  💡 Give their opinion or expert input.

  Show answer

  weigh in on

• Would you like to ___ the new office policy before we finalize it?

  💡 Share your thoughts or feedback.

  Show answer

  weigh in on