look-see

[loo k-see]

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noun Informal.

a visual inspection or survey; look; examination: have a look-see.

Origin of look-see

First recorded in 1880–85

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Related Words for look see

stare, peek, glimpse, eye, review, attention, glance, view, analysis, display, sight, look, impression, flash, sighting, raid, hunting, probe, prosecution, interrogation

British Dictionary definitions for look see

look-see

noun

informal a brief inspection or look

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Word Origin and History for look see

look-see

"inspection," 1865, "Pidgin-like formation" [OED], and first used in representations of English as spoken by Chinese, from look (v.) + see (v.).