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Look sharp   /lʊk ʃɑrp/   Listen
adverb
Sharp  adv.  
1.
To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. "The head (of a spear) full sharp yground." "You bite so sharp at reasons."
2.
Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp. (Colloq.)
Look sharp, attend; be alert. (Colloq.)





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"Look sharp" Quotes from Famous Books



... you; I don't wish to be unkind to you; but positively you must quit breaking in upon my affairs with your ready-made advice. I've given you and Lieutenant Beverley too much latitude, perhaps. If that young fool don't look sharp he'll get himself into a beastly lot of trouble. You'd better give him a talk. He's in a way to need it ...
— Alice of Old Vincennes • Maurice Thompson
... true enough, Ragged Pete,' said a boy of about fourteen, quite good looking, and dressed with comparative neatness. 'A Crossman has to look sharp now-a-days to make a boodle. And he often gets deceived when he thinks he has made a raise. Why the other day I cut a rich looking young lady's reticule from her arm in Broadway and got clear off with it; but upon examining my prize, I found it contained ...
— City Crimes - or Life in New York and Boston • Greenhorn
... Mr. Harris muster the crew—all hands, and look sharp," said Riggs. "Have every man Jack of 'em up here, and let us see what they have been about. Have Mr. Harris muster the crew! Hear me? Don't stand there like a barn-owl! Relieve Mr. Harris, and have ...
— The Devil's Admiral • Frederick Ferdinand Moore
... Yes, miss. Here y'are. Look sharp, please. Any more goin' on? All right, Tom! Go ahead there!" And lifting his left hand, he whistled a shrill signal to the guard ...
— What's Bred In the Bone • Grant Allen
... what it usually was—a mere matter of form. He was, however, much mistaken; for though outwardly Toto was the same, yet his ideas had taken an entirely new direction; and when Beaumarchef urged him to look sharp, the request was received with a great ...
— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau


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