"look sharp" meaning in English

See look sharp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: looks sharp [present, singular, third-person], looking sharp [participle, present], looked sharp [participle, past], looked sharp [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look sharp (third-person singular simple present looks sharp, present participle looking sharp, simple past and past participle looked sharp)
  1. (chiefly imperative) Pay attention; be alert. Tags: imperative
    Sense id: en-look_sharp-en-verb-bMPqB5~6
  2. (chiefly imperative) Hurry up; work quickly. Tags: imperative Synonyms: look snappy
    Sense id: en-look_sharp-en-verb-S0V0bJni Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
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        "Pay attention; be alert."
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        "(chiefly imperative) Pay attention; be alert."
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          "ref": "1886, Lim Hiong Seng, Handbook of the Swatow Vernacular, Singapore: Koh Yew Hean Press:",
          "text": "Have you made a fire in the grate? / Not yet, I am just going to make one. / Look sharp, it is very cold, and make the fire very fierce.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Hurry up; work quickly."
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        "(chiefly imperative) Hurry up; work quickly."
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      "form": "looks sharp",
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        "present",
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      "form": "looking sharp",
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        "present"
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      "form": "looked sharp",
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      "form": "looked sharp",
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        "Pay attention; be alert."
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        "(chiefly imperative) Hurry up; work quickly."
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