look sharp

verb

Pay attention; be alert.

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look snappyrushhastenhurryfestinate
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Meanings

verblook sharp (third-person singular simple present looks sharp, present participle looking sharp, simple past and past participle looked sharp)

present singular third person looks sharp · participle present looking sharp · participle past looked sharp · past looked sharp

  1. imperativePay attention; be alert.
  2. imperativeHurry up; work quickly.

    Have you made a fire in the grate? / Not yet, I am just going to make one. / Look sharp, it is very cold, and make the fire very fierce.

    1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press

    Synonyms: look snappy

Synonyms & antonyms

verbHurry up; work quickly.

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look snappy

More synonyms by meaning

verbact at high speed

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rushhastenhurryfestinate
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actmove
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festinatehastenhurrylook snappyrush

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Polish uważać, śpieszyć się
  • uważaćto pay attention; to be alert
  • śpieszyć sięto hurry up
  • pośpieszyć sięto hurry up
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APA

look sharp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20sharp

MLA

“look sharp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20sharp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “look sharp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/look%20sharp.

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