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look
verb
to search for illegal drugs to buy US- “He said, ‘Are you looking?,” Reynolds said of Martin, explaining that was street slang for drug dealers. “I said, ‘No,’ and Chuckie said ‘Yes.’” — Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia), p. 6D, 12 March 2008
▶ look alive
to be alert, to bestir yourself, to make haste UK, 1858
Often as an imperative.- “Come on, animator!” chuckled the Belgian. “Look alive!” — The Guardian, 19 June 2003
▶ look a million; look like a million bucks
to look exquisitely stunning AUSTRALIA, 1956- She looked a million with her red hair tied back in a long ponytail with a lime green chiffon scarf. — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, p. 59, 1987
- When he went out dancing he reckoned he felt and looked a million, and he really meant business. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 11, 1988
▶ look at the gate
to near the end of a prison sentence US- — Inez Cardozo-Freeman, The Joint, p. 513–514, 1984
▶ look at the procter and gamble
to cheat during an examination or test US
A pun alluding to the well-known corporation.- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 152, 1968
▶ look at you
to judge by your appearance UK, 1846- There is wildness in David Almond’s heart. Not that you’d know it to look at him–a middle-aged man with a teacher’s beard and a gentle demeanour. — The Observer, 23 November 2003
▶ look down your nose at
to regard someone or something with contempt, to despise UK, 1921- It’s possible that Nebuchadnezzar looked down his nose at other Babylonians whose gardens didn’t hang, and that medieval monks sniggered privately over one another’s herbs. — The Observer, 29 June 2003
▶ look for a hole in the fence
(used of a racehorse) to perform very poorly, as if the horse would rather find a hole in the fence and return to the stable US- — Tom Ainslie, Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing, p. 334, 1976
▶ look like nothing on earth
to have an appearance that is wretched, or indicative of illness, or that is somehow eccentric or ludicrous UK, 1927- [C]lose up it looks like nothing on earth, but, if you stand back, you get the drift. — Sir Bernard Ingham, UK Hansard (the Public Administration Committee), 23 October 2003
▶ look out the window
in horse racing, to fail to bet on a horse in a race it wins after betting on the horse in a number of previous losing efforts US- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 41, 1951
▶ not look back
to enjoy a continuing success since a defining moment UK, 1893- Rachael Oliveck was a committed vegetarian and animal rights activist for 14 years. But on Christmas Day she finally cracked, and tucked into some turkey–and she hasn’t looked back since[.] — The Guardian, 29 January 2003
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