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look someone up and down
inspect someone carefully
To look carefully at someone from their head to their feet, often to judge their appearance.
Hear it in real life
Why did you feel uncomfortable at the party?
One of the guests kept looking me up and down.
The shop assistant looked me up and down before asking if I needed help.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: look up and down someone
Say: look someone up and down
Put the person between “look” and “up and down” in this expression.
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How it fits in a sentence.
look someone up and down; looked someone up and down
Your turn: say it out loud
The shop assistant looked me up and down before asking if I needed help.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
look someone up and down
inspect someone carefully
“The shop assistant looked me up and down before asking if I needed help.”
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