he looked me up and down

  • 1look someone up and down — phrase to look carefully at someone from their head to their feet as if you are trying to make a judgment about them The guard looked us up and down and then let us in. Thesaurus: to look at someone in a particular wayhyponym general words… …

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  • 2look someone up and down — to look carefully at someone from their head to their feet as if you are trying to make a judgment about them The guard looked us up and down and then let us in …

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  • 3down-and-out — down and outs also down and out ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe someone as down and out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation. ...a short story about a down and out… …

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  • 4up and down something — up and down sth idiom in one direction and then in the opposite direction along sth • I looked up and down the corridor. Main entry: ↑upidiom …

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  • 5down — I [[t]da͟ʊn[/t]] PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ♦ (Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as fall and pull , and also in phrasal verbs such as bring down and calm down .) 1) PREP To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go… …

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  • 6Down House — The Home of Charles Darwin, Down House Type House, garden and grounds Proprietor English Heritage Size 13.2 hectares (33 acres) …

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  • 7Down on the Upside — Studio album by Soundgarden Released May 21, 1996 …

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  • 8Down Low (rap group) — Down Low Down Low on July 16, 1999 shortly before their concert in Dresden, Germany Background information Origin Germany …

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  • 9Looked — Look Look (l[oo^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to… …

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  • 10down — down1 [ daun ] function word *** Down can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): She was walking down the street. as an adverb (without a following noun): She lay down and fell asleep. after the verb to be : Oil… …

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