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Lo and behold!

Cliché Look here!; Thus! (An expression of surprise.) Lo and behold! There is Fred! He beat us here by taking a shortcut.

See also: and, lo

lo and behold

look or what a surprise Carine tried her luck at the lottery and, lo and behold, won $1,500 last month.

Usage notes: used as an exclamation: Lo and behold! You did come after all!

See also: and, behold, lo

lo and behold

  (humorous)

something that you say when you tell someone about something surprising that happened I went into a bar just next to our hotel and, lo and behold, who should I see sitting there but Jim Gibson.

See also: and, behold, lo

low-res

and lo-res (ˈloˈrɛz)

mod. poor; unpleasant. (From low resolution in a computer terminal. Compare this with high-res.) The party is lo-res. Let’s cruise.

lo-res

verb

See low-res