phrasal verb

Size up

Rank #1892Letter SInseparable

2Sections

Assess a situation or person carefully.

Meanings

  • Assess a situation or person carefully. (separable [optional], International English)
  • Make something bigger or produce bigger products (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • We need to SIZE UP before someone notices.
  • Management's decided to SIZE UP apparently.
  • I suppose SIZE UP is the least terrible option.

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