LOOK SHARP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does look sharp mean? 

• LOOK SHARP (verb)
  The verb LOOK SHARP has 1 sense:

1. act or move at high speed

  Familiarity information: LOOK SHARP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOOK SHARP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act or move at high speed

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

festinate; hasten; hurry; look sharp; rush

Context example:

hurry--it's late!

Hypernyms (to "look sharp" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

The husband thought to himself, “If my wife manages matters thus, I must look sharp myself.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Look sharp or you’ll get doused, was Mr. Mugridge’s parting injunction, as I left the galley with a big tea-pot in one hand, and in the hollow of the other arm several loaves of fresh-baked bread.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Good night, my masters!” said he, “I’m off! mind and look sharp after me the next time.”

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)