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
ChesterCHES-tərEnglish
Wekesa-Eastern African, Luhya
GiuliaJOOL-yahItalian
Sunil-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Nep
DebDEBEnglish
Nurislam-Kazakh