get a load of

1. Look at or listen to, as in Get a load of Mike feeding the baby, or Through those thin walls we really got a load of their fight. [Slang; early 1900s]

Example Sentences

"But it has to be a fair deal. If it's a bad deal, you are not going to get that praise, you are going to get a load of criticism and that will be your record in the history books."

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“Get a load of me,” he says, “instead of being rude and crazy like usual, I’m doing quiet and serene. Which in many ways is a lot scarier.”

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If those sound like dumb things to have done and said for someone who’s trying to get elected to national office, though, just wait until you get a load of what J.D.

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But get a load of these cameos.

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"I get a load of grief every time I say Manchester United will lose," said Sutton.

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