put in the balance

“We remove it. But what we put in the balance is what we can learn.”

“We know that states sometimes feel that development aid is sometimes put in the balance. We know that they feel that if they have visa arrangements with the U.S., for instance, they feel that this is in the balance,” Ostern said.

The news came one day after Trump said he would support an immigration plan that would enable Dreamers to “morph into” American citizens over a period of 10 to 12 years, though at that point it was widely understood he was referring only to the 700,000 whose futures he has put in the balance.

"We also need to put in the balance the reputational effect of attracting an international player of the size of Elon Musk to SA. These are all things that we are going to balance."

I then put in the balance of the evening cording it up—that is what I had cut.