look alive



look alive

Act lively, hurry up, as in Look alive! This job has to be finished today. This phrase, often used as an imperative, today is more common in Britain than in America. [Mid-1800s]
See also: alive, look

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Baqir-Arabic
Astle['æsl]
Omiros-Greek
Tiphanie-French
BonifÁC-Czech, Hungarian
Amaka-Western African, Igbo