weigh one's words

: to ascertain the heaviness of by or as if by a balance

: outweigh

: counterbalance

: way

: a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use

: the entire set of linguistic forms produced by combining a single base with various inflectional elements without change in the part of speech elements

: a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word

: to express in words : phrase

: speak