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look

alive/sharp Informal

To act or respond quickly: Look alive! We leave in five minutes.

See:

• a cat may look at a king
• a look-see
• ask for trouble
• be like looking for a needle in a haystack
• be looking for trouble
• be much to look at
• be not much to look at
• be on the look out
• becoming on
• black look
• blank look on (one's) face
• Bottoms up!
• bright side
• butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
• candidate for a pair of wings
• case of
• cat can look at a king
• come-hither look
• devil looks after his own
• dirty look
• dirty look, give a
• Don't even look like
• don't look a gift horse in the mouth
• don't look at me
• easy on the eyes
• faraway look
• get a dirty look (from someone)
• get a look in
• give a blank look
• give a dirty look
• hangdog look
• have a face like thunder
• have a look-see
• Heads up!
• Here’s looking at you
• hunt high and low
• if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• If it looks like a duck and walks etc. like a duck, it is a duck
• if looks could kill
• I'll look you up when I'm in town
• I'm only looking
• like death warmed over
• like looking for a needle in a haystack
• look
• look (a little/bit) off
• look (at something) through rose-colored glasses
• look (at something) through rose-tinted glasses
• look (someone) off
• look a gift horse in the mouth
• look a million dollars
• look about
• look after
• look after number one
• look ahead
• look ahead to
• look alike
• look alive
• Look alive!
• look around
• look around for
• look around some place
• look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth
• look aside
• look askance
• look askance at
• look askance upon (someone or something)
• look at
• look at cross-eyed
• Look at what the cat dragged in!
• look away
• look babies in the eyes
• look back
• Look before you leap
• look beneath the surface
• look beyond
• look black
• look blank
• look daggers
• look daggers at
• look down
• look down nose
• look down nose at
• look down on
• look fit to kill
• look for
• look for a dog to kick
• look for high and low
• look for trouble
• look forward to
• look good on paper
• look here
• look high and low
• look in
• look in on
• look in the eye
• look in the face
• look into
• look like
• look like a candidate for a pair of wings Go to a
• look like a drowned rat
• look like a million bucks
• look like a million dollars
• look like a ringer
• look like a saddle on a sow
• look like death
• look like something the cat brought in
• look like something the cat dragged in
• look like the cat dragged in
• look like the cat that ate the canary
• look like the cat that swallowed the canary
• Look lively!
• Look me up when you're in town
• look on
• look on as
• look on the bright side
• look on the sunny side (of life/things)
• look on with
• look out
• look out for
• look out for number one
• look over
• look right through
• look sharp
• Look sharp!
• look sideways at
• look someone in the face
• look the other way
• look the part
• look through
• look through a millstone
• look through blue glasses
• look to
• look to be
• look to for
• look to laurels
• look to one's laurels
• look toward
• look under the hood
• look up
• look up and down
• look up at
• look up to
• look upon
• look upon as
• Look what the cat dragged in!
• Look what the cat's dragged in!
• Look who’s talking!
• Look who's here!
• look who's talking
• Look who's talking!
• looking over shoulder
• looking up
• look-see
• make look good
• make look ridiculous
• make someone look good
• million miles away
• naked eye
• never look a gift horse in the mouth
• never look back
• none the worse for wear
• not much for looks
• not much to look at
• on the outside, looking in
• one's future looks bright
• ringer
• see through rose-colored glasses
• shifty-looking
• shoot (someone) a dirty look
• short on looks
• sitting duck
• somebody up there is looking out for me
• someone up there is looking out for me
• stare in the face
• stop, look, and listen
• take a long hard look at
• take a long, hard look at
• take a look at
• take a look for
• take care of the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
• the crux of the matter
• the devil looks after his own
• Things are looking up
• watch out for
• would as soon do as look at you
• you look a little peaked
• you look like a million