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Look sharp   /lʊk ʃɑrp/   Listen
Look sharp

verb
1.
Act or move at high speed.  Synonyms: festinate, hasten, hurry, rush.  "Hurry--it's late!"






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"Look sharp" Quotes from Famous Books



... or thereabouts," was the cheering rejoinder. "'Tis one of the last clearings on the line. If you are going back to Douro to-night, you must look sharp." ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie

... "Look sharp!" said Valentine, bolting his last mouthful of cake, "we're going to have one more game of croquet. Come on, you girls, and help me to put ...
— Soldiers of the Queen • Harold Avery

... to buy some soft tack and fresh meat. I saw him just before I met you. He told me he had got some bread, but that meat was at a ruinous price. I told him that he must get it, whatever price it was, and I expect by this time he has done so; so if you look sharp, you will get to the boat before ...
— Held Fast For England - A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) • G. A. Henty

... No crying!" he began. "Be a man—be a man. And if you stick to it, before Christmas comes, we'll see about those pockets, and you can walk into the new year with your head up. But look sharp! Good-bye, now!" ...
— Solomon Crow's Christmas Pockets and Other Tales • Ruth McEnery Stuart

... must admit it. Still, the people are fearfully spoilt. There are such types—desperate fellows, with whom one has to look sharp. To-day two of that sort ...
— Resurrection • Count Leo Tolstoy


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