"look here" meaning in English

See look here in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: En-au-look here.ogg [Australia]
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

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for look here meaning in English (1.1kB)

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      "expansion": "look here",
      "name": "en-interj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Look here! That's enough!"
        },
        {
          "text": "Now look here! I want you all to stop and sit down"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Listen to me!"
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Listen to me!"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "used for newspaper sellers",
          "word": "extra!"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "hear ye!"
        },
        {
          "word": "listen here"
        },
        {
          "word": "look!"
        },
        {
          "word": "oi!"
        },
        {
          "word": "here"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    }
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/En-au-look_here.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
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          "text": "Look here! That's enough!"
        },
        {
          "text": "Now look here! I want you all to stop and sit down"
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      "tags": [
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      "english": "used for newspaper sellers",
      "word": "extra!"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "hear ye!"
    },
    {
      "word": "listen here"
    },
    {
      "word": "look!"
    },
    {
      "word": "oi!"
    },
    {
      "word": "here"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look here"
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