put on the scale

“Single-family zoning is one of the chief weights put on the scale to ensure the de facto segregated city that we live in.”

Barr suggests a finger was put on the scale to affect the election.

Perry said, “I recognize the markets have had a role in the evolution of our energy mix. But no reasonable person can deny the thumb, or even the whole hand, if you will, has been put on the scale in favor of certain political outcomes.”

Of course that’s only when it’s being waged by the Republicans on debatable policy matters and liberals need a convenient thumb to put on the scale.

A plate of food is put on the scale and the rate at which it leaves the plate is recorded, with an audible warning if it is being eaten too quickly for the person to realise they are full.