size up a situation
11size up — verb to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail (Freq. 2) he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror • Syn: ↑take stock, ↑scrutinize, ↑scrutinise • Derivationally related forms: ↑scrutiniser ( …
12size — size1 [ saız ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount how large or small something is: Moscow s subway system is less than half the size of New York s. size of: an engine size of 2000 cc full size (=as large as something will ever be): The plants should… …
13size — size1 /suyz/, n., v., sized, sizing. n. 1. the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught. 2. considerable or great magnitude: to seek size rather than quality. 3. one of a …
14situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national …
15size — size1 noun 1》 a thing s overall dimensions or magnitude. 2》 each of the classes into which garments or other articles are divided according to how large they are. verb 1》 alter or sort in terms of size or according to size. 2》 (size something up) …
16size-up — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: size up 1. : the action of sizing up (a person or thing) preventing a quick size up of existing conditions J.J.McCarthy 2. : an evaluation arrived at by sizing up …
17size up — PHRASAL VERB If you size up a person or situation, you carefully look at the person or think about the situation, so that you can decide how to act. [INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] Some US manufacturers have been sizing up the UK as a possible… …
18size up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms size up : he/she/it sizes up present participle sizing up past tense sized up past participle sized up to think carefully and form an opinion about a person or a situation He sized up the situation and… …
19Situation (song) — Infobox Single Name = Situation Cover size = Border = Caption = Artist = Yazoo Album = Upstairs at Eric s A side = B side = Released = 1982 Format = 12 Recorded = 1981 Genre = Synthpop, New Wave Length = Label = Mute Records Sire Records Writer …
20size up — phr verb Size up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑situation …
