look-see
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look-see
A very brief look, glance, or examination. A: "Is there any more of that cake left in the fridge?" B: "I'll go have a look-see!" I heard you're having some engine trouble—mind if I take a look-see?
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*look-see
Rur. a look at someone or something; a peek. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~; take~.) A: Do you think they have finished painting your office yet? B: Let's go down there and take a look-see.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
a look-see
n. a look; a visual examination. Take a look-see at this one and see if you like it.
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The family
look-sees follow Michelle Obama's trips to the schools last week, which sparked intense debate about D.C.'s public and private education.
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look-sees") between January and May 2004.
They are signed by the same agency and enter the glamorous, dog-eat-dog world of fashion--making the rounds of Madison Avenue
look-sees and interviews that can either make models rich or force them to fit in temp gigs on the side.
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