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111size — See: CUT DOWN TO SIZE, PINT SIZE …
112size up — {v.}, {informal} To decide what one thinks about (something); to form an opinion about (something). * /Give Joe an hour to size up the situation and he ll tell you what to do next./ * /Our coach went to New York to size up the team we ll face in… …
113size selectivity — the way fishing gear selects fish by size, usually allowing the small fish to escape and grow to be caught later at a marketable size …
114size-up — /suyz up /, n. an appraisal or estimation, esp. as the result of sizing up: asking for a size up of the new office equipment. [n. use of v. phrase size up] * * * …
115size out the book — Overt action to exclude a public bid or offer from participation in a print through trading a larger size in the book. Can never size out a market order. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: priority, shut out the book. Bloomberg Financial… …
116Size — Recorded in a very wide range of spellings including Cecely, Cysely, Sisley, Sicily, and shortforms Cess, Cesse, Siss, Sise, Syce, Sisse and Size, this is an English surname. It is a nickname form of the popular medieval female name Cecilia,… …
117size — See: cut down to size, pint size …
118size\ up — v informal To decide what one thinks about (smth); to form an opinion about (smth). Give Joe an hour to size up the situation and he ll tell you what to do next. Our coach went to New York to size up the team we ll face in our homecoming game.… …
119size — saɪz n. spatial dimension; measurement; extent, degree; adhesive used to fill pores in paper and cloth v. arrange according to size; cover with size (type of adhesive) …
120size somebody up — (from Idioms in Speech) to estimate a person s character; to form a judgement or opinion of a person He began to size up Drouet from the standpoints of wit and fascination. (Th. Dreiser) Here I was trying to size you up, and failing because you… …
