Meanings
verblook up and down (third-person singular simple present looks up and down, present participle looking up and down, simple past and past participle looked up and down)
present singular third person looks up and down · participle present looking up and down · participle past looked up and down · past looked up and down
- idiomatictransitiveTo scrutinize every aspect of someone's appearance, as to make a judgement or first impression of them.
He looked her up and down. Sucked on the cigar.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 52, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 261
Translations
Italian guardare da capo a piedi
- guardare da capo a piediscrutinize someone's appearance
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