"look up and down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: looks up and down [present, singular, third-person], looking up and down [participle, present], looked up and down [participle, past], looked up and down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} look up and down (third-person singular simple present looks up and down, present participle looking up and down, simple past and past participle looked up and down)
  1. (intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up, and, down. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-look_up_and_down-en-verb-zrfCnwFP
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To scrutinize every aspect of someone's appearance, as to make a judgement or first impression of them. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (scrutinize someone's appearance): guardare da capo a piedi (Italian)
    Sense id: en-look_up_and_down-en-verb-84keC~1- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of "scrutinize someone's appearance": 6 94

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up, and, down."
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          "text": "He looked her up and down. Sucked on the cigar.",
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        "To scrutinize every aspect of someone's appearance, as to make a judgement or first impression of them."
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          "aspect",
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To scrutinize every aspect of someone's appearance, as to make a judgement or first impression of them."
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        "(intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up, and, down."
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      "sense": "scrutinize someone's appearance",
      "word": "guardare da capo a piedi"
    }
  ],
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