take a long hard look at



take a long hard look at something

to examine something carefully I think they ought to take a long hard look at who is allowed to carry a gun.
Usage notes: usually said about something that should be improved in the future
See also: hard, long, look, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Noreennawr-EENIrish, English
Valeryvah-LYE-reeRussian
Pista-Hungarian
JoakimYO-ah-kim (Swedish), YO-ah-keem (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Serbian, Macedonian
Woodrow['wudrəu]
Ivo (2)-Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian