"look here" meaning in English

See look here in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: En-au-look here.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} look here
  1. (idiomatic) Listen to me! Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: extra! (english: used for newspaper sellers), hear ye! [dated], listen here, look!, oi!, here
    Sense id: en-look_here-en-intj-62g-R7qS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Look here! That's enough!",
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          "text": "\"Look here, you've no business to come asking for me in this way. I thought that was distinctly understood?\"",
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        "(idiomatic) Listen to me!"
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          "word": "extra!"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hear ye!"
        },
        {
          "word": "listen here"
        },
        {
          "word": "look!"
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          "word": "oi!"
        },
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          "word": "here"
        }
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